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186 Monday May 20th 2013
Hi,it’s a hard road but after battling man fever (worse than
man flu!!) I am pleased to say I got through with generous helpings of Sara Lee’s
finest apple crumble, Mr Movenpicks legendary Maple Walnut icecream and a
significant investment in medication ($38 bucks for Codral tablets, strewth !!)
I have said it before and I will say it again, I take my hat
off to all the parents out there who have raised or are raising kids, good
onya, it is full on !! Crowd control at 48 has taken on a new dimension with
Fletchers recent mobilisation, even eyes in the back of your head are not
enough to prevent the inevitable crashing and burning.After supervising the
daily crawl to walk training sessions I find myself hanging out for sleep time
and head straight to my bed at the same time he does !! To say I am the lucky
one heading back to work for a rest on Mondays is an understatement!!,and we
are having another angel from heaven??...what are we thinking or taking?
Thank you for all the feedback on our recent news, we
appreciate your support and good wishes.
Quite scary on one hand but also cool to think about the
exciting and fun times ahead raising our West Coast nuclear family. I hope you
are also appreciating the importance of your family and friends in any time you
have to spend with them. Have a great week ahead, cheers Jonesey.
Harry
and the Hendersons reckon this quote by Roger Caras is Scooby Doo “If you don't own a dog, at least one, there
is not necessarily anything wrong with you, but there may be something wrong
with your life.” Woof woof!!
“Quitting
is not an option no matter what your excuse” Kings
College Rowing Club motto.
There I was cruising along a bit more than I should have been
last week, letting a few obstacles and challenges phase me and feeling a bit
sorry for myself!!
It was late one day and I was tired and grumpy thinking life
was a bit unfair and treating my efforts to succeed with contempt when I had
the good fortune to run in to Jennifer the cleaner of the office I was working
from.
I see her quite often and she is always cheerful and takes
time to talk to me, listen to me and offer a word or two of encouragement and
good luck.
Last week she shared a story with me that stopped me in my
sorry little tracks and made me feel grateful that my problems were not really
problems at all.
Seems her and her grand Daughter had their car stolen with
all their possessions in it while they were shifting house. Her grand daughter
is a struggling solo Mum of a three year old daughter herself and has precious
little to begin with.
As the story of their terrible misfortune unfolded I couldn’t
help but think about what an ungrateful wretch I truly was to be feeling so
sorry for myself when there are obviously people like Jennifer and her family
who are a lot worse off.
It is times like this that I need to remind myself of how
lucky I truly am to have the life I have, with my current good health, my
growing family including both parents, and some good friends.
Yes, we all need happy Jennifers in our life because they are
what we should aspire to be like, people who don’t quit or get down on
themselves or others no matter what happens !!!! J
To reinforce this message I coincidentally found the attached
article from 1959 about the Kings College Rowing eight who won the prestigous
Maadi Cup even after breaking a seat in the boat!! I hope you are also inspired
by this especially if you have ever attempted rowing as a sport..enjoy!!
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