My parents Ric and Joan have been married for 45 years today. I don’t know many other couples who are as happy together. They have raised 6 children, been much loved grandparents to 4 grandchildren, made a home we can all return to, yet be independent from, retired and holidayed in their marriage and family but I think their relationship is […]

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Tonight I went out for dinner with my family and friends. I met the parents of one of my current students. I told them they had a great son and they agreed. I always love it when parents agree with me about their children. Often parents will tell you how awful their child is at […]

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Tom has been great this week. Last night I came home to a beautifully cleaned home. Granted most of the mess was his, but it was so lovely to arrive home to after a really busy day. Today he has gone on a long drive to spend a couple of days with a friend who […]

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Yay! Today was sunny and although I am still a bit bogged down with coughing and various other cold symptoms, I appreciated the sunlight. I went to school for half a day today and came home and slept all afternoon. When my son came home from school he put the heater on, but I thought […]

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This weekend I haven’t had the usual house of young people. I’ve caught up with a few people, yet relatively speaking it’s been kind of quiet for me. I’m wondering how it’s going to be next year. It’s highly likely that Tom will move away. It’s what I would want for him. I moved out […]

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I spoke to my parents last night and they sound marvellously happy. They are in Far North Queensland somewhere near where my younger brother lives. They are visting him as they head back home in the next few weeks. It’s such a joy to hear them and the bliss in their voices as they tell me […]

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My son has to have all four wisdom teeth removed. I had mine taken out in two episodes, but he’s having them all at once. It makes me sick to think about to be honest.
On the weekend, due to our ‘in and out’ communications issues, I left him a note. I wrote: Tom, How about leaving […]

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My son has been extremely well behaved of late. Getting his licence has been a great thing on a lot of levels. He seems happier with his independence. He drives to school a little later in the mornings than I delivered him, because I had to get to school too, on a different campus. I […]

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“When I was cyber-bullied, first and foremostly, I felt violated, humiliated, anxious and upset. I wanted to hit the person back immediately.”

Tom Woods is a 16 year old boy who you may have heard of before. ‘Student cracks Government’s $84m p0rn filter’ (Herald Sun) was the first I’d heard of him. His latest feat ‘Schoolboy […]

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My recently turned 18 son has his licence. He has my old car. He is out there. Don’t say you weren’t warned.
It was tense today as we sat at the local VicRoads office waiting for the calculations to be done to determine whether he was going to get it or not. I asked him how […]

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