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Two Highlights from 2011

Two personal highlights from 2011. They even contradict each other depending on the world perspective we take but there you go… this is the world we live in, going into 2012. I hope it is a good one for you and thanks for reading the blog this year. As always, feel free to comment, email…

December 31, 2011

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The Man Who Never Forgot

By Bill Jennings Uncategorized

The major block of colour is maroon. Boys in school blazers, in their hundreds, are crossing the street, streaming from trams and buses towards the requiem mass for Father John Carnie. Appreciate that the boys have been given the day off and the choice, by their school, to attend this funeral. Father John had been…

December 24, 2011

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Road Trip

By Bill Jennings Communication Fathers and Sons Good Parenting Memories Parenting Challenges Role Modelling What's Important

The two of us loaded our overnight gear into the boot at the front of the old ‘Volksy’. Just the two of us. That meant that the little red headed kid got the prime front seat propped up right next to dad. In 1973, dad took me on a journey up the old Hume Highway…

December 6, 2011

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The First Pill

By Bill Jennings Extraordinary in the Ordinary Family Generosity Kindness Memories rituals What's Important

If you don’t come from Brisbane, how often do you look up the BOM website to get a weather forecast? For this blogger it is at least once a year and a comforting traditional prediction is there for today… showers and thundery rain. Huey has not disappointed. Mother Nature’s roulette wheel is spun around this…

December 1, 2011

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It crystallized our relationship and has opened up some great ways to communicate.

Stephen C. (Parent)
Saint Ignatius College, Geelong VIC
Great discussion, really gave me tips and helped me to see myself from a mum's perspective.

Andrew W. (Student)
Melbourne High School, South Yarra VIC
Good to have the intimate interaction without TV and other distractions.

Jeff H. (Parent)
Marcellin College, Bulleen VIC
Good hearing other opinions/thoughts from both parents and kids.

Joanna W. (Parent)
Silkwood School, Mt Nathan QLD
It was a really fun and educational night. I learnt things about my dad that I appreciate.

Jamie L. (Student)
Aquinas College, Salter Point WA