What Do You Do When You Can't See the Sunshine?

What Do You Do When You Can't See the Sunshine?

At the moment I feel like it is really hard to see the sunshine for the SHIT!!! There have been so many negative things happen lately that I am finding it hard to see the positive as I feel that I am surrounded by so much of the negative. Last weekend some of our neighbours had a huge fight and one of them needed some serious First Aid attention and I offered to help out. That messed me up a little as it was very graffic and there was a lot of blood. Then I found out that one of my X students is up on a murder charge. That really saddenes me as this boy was just gorgeous and he had such a nice family. How does it go so wrong????? I have very fond memories of him in my classroom and found it very hard to come to terms with the fact that he was involved in the death of another. Then there were some choice moments at school that made things a little tough. Anyway that was last week - so I told myself that this week would be better and that better things would be ahead. However this week hasn't been a whole lot better - in fact it has possibly been worse.

Luke has had another incident at school. On Wednesday afternoon when I got home he was really upset and I quickly realised that he was hurt and that he required medical attention. He had been hit in the head several times and there was swelling behind his ear. The doctor actually checked his ear for internal bleeding. DO you think that I got a call from the school to inform me that he had been HURT??? NO!!!!! Anyway we have met with the school and I have expressed my disappointment with the way that things are dealt with. Luke is still very emotional and keeps asking what he should do if another incident happens????? What do you tell your son - when the system is failing him???? Anyway he is out of school until we can resolve the problem and I can have some kind of guarantee that he will be safer. Anyone that knows Luke knows that he is not a violent child and it saddens me to think that he is being forced to defend himself. Maybe this school environment is not for us????? Seriously considering other options.

Life has not been a barrel of laughs and these are just the highlights - there have been plenty more in between moments that have been less than fun. I really feel like I can't see the sunshine for the SHIT! For the moment I guess that I will have to be content with looking at other's sunshine. This photo is from Linny and Dave's holiday in Broome. Linny got some beautiful sunset photos that I am extremely envious of. I want to go to Broome.

More importantly I just want to be able to see the sunshine again in my everyday life. There have to be better times ahead.

Hope that is all is well with everyone.
Love to All
Rell
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Be Kinder Than You Need To Be

The other day I was reading an email and it ended with
"Be Kinder Than You Need to be as everyone is fighting their own battle."
When I read this I thought HOW TRUE! Everyone is fighting some battle - big or small and we are all guilty of judging others when we truly don't know the battle that is being fought. For some it is insecurity, for others it is a health issue, for others life has dealt a hard hand, for some it is dealing with difficult children, others it is that life has let them down in some way. I guess what I am saying is that everyone is doing the best that they can with what they have got.

Everyone has a hurdle to jump - there aren't many of us that cruise through life. Those of us that make life look easy are usually the ones that cover up really well. So for all of those battlers out there keep battling, keep fighting and know that you are not alone.

OK that is enough of being philosophical - don't really know what bought that on. Today was better than yesterday. I do have a favourite part of my day. At school we held a big Olympics event and we were preparing children with what to expect. I was down visiting a Kindy class when I heard a conversation about our day that was about to happen. There is this gorgeous little boy in Kindy who has so much spunk - he is adorable.

He was saying that he was a little worried about his day as he had not ridden a horse before and we explained to him that there wasn't going to be an Equestrian event - no horses for you to ride. He replied that's OK and then he said well I haven't ridden a bike either and then we explained that there wouldn't be any cycling at our Olympic Day.

He was OK with all of that and ran off happily to be in the events that we had prepared. It was one of those
Priceless Moments!!

I think that he was thinking that he was really going to the Olympics. Who knows maybe one day he will!!!!! In the mean time it is the closest experience that he will get to going to the Olympics. It still makes me smile. There are a few moments in your day that make all of the rest so worthwhile and especially in the area that I work in - there is a lot of disadvantaged kids. Giving them these experience is so important. I know that I have an important job and that it is an absolute privilege to be able to work with children.

Hope that all of you are having a great week!
Love to All
Rell
xx

The Importance of Family

Got this in an email taody and it touched me. I think that it is completely true. WE need to treasure our family and not take them for granted. Maybe this email touched me as Luke come in on the weekend with a bunch of flowers that he had picked from our garden. I had been feeling down and I think that he sensed it and wanted to cheer me up. I thanked him and realised that while I may not have a SNAG I do have a SNAK (sensative new age kid) to look after me. Lukey you are a sweety and know how to treat those around you. Never change SON - you're just gorgeous.

An email received today:
F A M I L Y I ran into a stranger as he passed by, 'Oh excuse me please' was my reply. He said, 'Please excuse me too; I wasn't watching for you.' We were very polite, this stranger and I. We went on our way and we said goodbye.

But at home a different story is told, How we treat our loved ones, young and old. Later that day, cooking the evening meal, My son stood beside me very still. When I turned, I nearly knocked him down. 'Move out of the way,' I said with a frown. He walked away, his little heart broken.

I didn't realize how harshly I'd spoken. While I lay awake in bed, God's still small voice came to me and said, 'While dealing with a stranger, common courtesy you use, but the family you love, you seem to abuse. Go and look on the kitchen floor, You'll find some flowers there by the door. Those are the flowers he brought for you. He picked them himself: pink, yellow and blue. He stood very quietly not to spoil the surprise, you never saw the tears that filled his little eyes.' By this time, I felt very small, And now my tears began to fall. I quietly went and knelt by his bed; 'Wake up, little one, wake up,' I said. 'Are these the flowers you picked for me?' He smiled, 'I found 'em, out by the tree. I picked 'em because they're pretty like you. I knew you'd like 'em, especially the blue.' I said, 'Son, I'm very sorry for the way I acted today; I shouldn't have yelled at you that way.' He said, 'Oh, Mom, that's okay. I love you anyway.' I said, 'Son, I love you too, and I do like the flowers, especially the blue.'

FAMILY Are you aware that if we died tomorrow, the company that we are working for could easily replace us in a matter of days. But the family we left behind will feel the loss for the rest of their lives. And come to think of it, we pour ourselves more into work than into our own family, an unwise investment indeed, don't you think? So what is behind the story? Do you know what the word FAMILY means? FAMILY = (F)ATHER (A)ND (M)OTHER (I) (L)OVE (Y)OU

My message to all is take care of those precious families.
Love to All
Rell
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Gorgeous Little Thomas

Here are some photos of gorgeous little Thomas. So beautiful - hard not to get clucky when you hold him. Can't wait to see you and your mum again.
Love
Rell
xxx

A Cracker of a Day

Saturday - Had a top day today. It was jam packed BUT I enjoyed every minute of it. It started at about 9.30am when we went to watch Hadley play soccer. Then I went to get the boys hair but and then it was off to lunch with Mel, Kylie, Shell and Kerri. I always love catching up with the girls. These girls are such good friends and despite what we are all going through we are always there for each other. Love you GIRLS and I am so happy that you are all a part of my life. I have posted some photos of gorgeous little Thomas. Kylie is is just beautiful!!!! Love his whispy hair. Glad that I got to have a little hold - it wasn't long enough. Babies are such precious little things. He is adorable - just wanted to squeeze him. I think that the boys were just as taken by him as I was. Can't wait to see him again and have a little hold and Kylie it will be great to see you as well. Can't wait until our next lunch as today I then had to rush off to Jayden's soccer game. What a great game!!!! They won 4 -0 and will now move through to the finals. Jayden scored as well. From here I dropped Luke and Ben to a friends house for a sleepover. Initally it was just Luke that was going to go but then Ben was also asked and he happily packed his bag to go. So I will pick them up at about 10.00am in the morning. Pity that things weren't a little better at home as we could have gone off to see a movie. Never mind!!!! From there is was home to meet Sheree and Mary to finish off her wedding invitations. Mission complete the invitations are all ready to go and I think they look beautiful. We finished up at about 9.00pm. Then it turned to the not so fun things like cleaning up and then some ironing. I did however find some time to do some blog surfing and then get an entry in. I did want to fit groceries in there somewhere BUT the day ran out. They will have to wait until tomorrow.
A really good day.
Love to All
Rell
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