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Giovanna the Bank Teller

By Bill JenningsCommunication Community Extraordinary in the Ordinary Family Good Parenting Inspirational people Kindness Parenting Challenges rituals What's Important Working Mums8 Comments

Towards the end of our conversation, I pull my glasses down from the top of my head. They’ve been sitting on recently washed hair. So, through wet, fogged up lenses, I make out the name, Giovanna. Giovanna and I have just shared a conversation that you don’t get the chance to have when you are taking…

December 25, 2015
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The Wolf of Bell Street

By Bill JenningsFamily Fathers and Sons Mothers and Sons Parenting Challenges Uncategorized What's Important9 Comments

“Mum, some people are really lonely,” said the Wolf of Bell Street. “This lady I just met, I’m the first person she has spoken to today. You know the great thing about getting your quota early, is you can just chat with the person. I knew she didn’t want to buy solar panels, so I…

May 20, 2015
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A Tribute for Celia Lashlie

By Bill JenningsCelia Lashlie Family Generosity Inspirational people Kindness Memories Mothers and Sons Parenting Challenges Role Modelling Sacrifice What's Important8 Comments

It is April 2005 – the first time I became aware of the remarkable Celia Lashlie. I reckon most of the other 959 delegates at the Working with Boys, Building Fine Men conference were encountering her for the first time too. This unassuming lady walked to the middle of the stage, in Jeff’s Shed (Melbourne’s…

February 20, 2015
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How Do You Know When You Are An Adult?

By Bill JenningsFamilyLeave a comment

This blog is over five years old now and I reckon if you do something for the second time, it’s a tradition. So on that basis, it is a tradition to offer you a reflection from the year just past that describes a moment of realisation that something has changed, you’ve entered a new stage.…

January 8, 2015
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Layers of Goodness

By Bill JenningsInspirational people

Earlier this year, on a crisp September evening, Amber my 21 year old daughter and I were off to the movies in town. We had bought tickets to a Melbourne première of a special documentary film. Amber is a budding doco maker herself, so it was a great thing to share as father and daughter.…

December 25, 2014
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Asking the Tribe – what you think about adolescents

By Bill JenningsUncategorized

In putting together a presentation called Surviving the Ride on the Adolescent Rollercoaster, I invited mums and dads who have done a Time & Space  program to come along to a preview of the talk. It was Melbourne based and as the programs are offered around Australia (and indeed the world now – with sessions…

November 21, 2014
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Standing on their shoulders

By Bill JenningsCommunity Extraordinary in the Ordinary Generosity Inspirational people Leadership Memories Role Modelling Sacrifice What's Important

It happens in schools sometimes. Decisions get made from high up. Year 7 White, Year 7 Red, Year 7 Blue, Year 7 Gold and Year 7 Green  were all meant to get their year level camp in 1979, my first year of high school. Someone decided that for that year it wasn’t happening. The camp…

September 12, 2014
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Doing one thing well…

By Bill JenningsExtraordinary in the Ordinary Inspirational people Kindness Leadership What's Important

… in a world that demands flexibility, lauds the multi-tasker and pronounces that today’s 15-year-old will have about 20 different jobs throughout their career… it isn’t difficult to build the argument against the specialist. You can see how the person who does one thing well could be dismissed as unsuitably equipped to make their way…

July 31, 2014
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Gabi – a Mothers Day Champion

By Bill JenningsDads and Daughters Extraordinary in the Ordinary Family Inspirational people Kindness Memories Mentoring Mothers and Daughters What's Important

It has been a big week for Gabi. On Tuesday night Gabi was a participant at the Mother and Son session at her son’s school, Saint Ignatius College in Drysdale, a 20 minute drive through Geelong. Two nights later she fronted up and was a team member at the subsequent Mother and Daughter night. At…

May 11, 2014
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About Time & Space

Time & Space programs are designed to strengthen and grow relationships, especially during times of change and transition. In a busy world, Time & Space provides time to stop, learn and discover what really matters in life.

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