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How to approach schooling …

What school is best for my child? Should I choose a special school, government school, independent school or private school?

How would I know? I’m just a dad and really my wife handles most of this sort of stuff … I just pay the bills and weigh in on the debate when we start discussing how much it will all cost.

Daniel is at the end of year 6, so we are currently experiencing all the highs and lows of moving from primary school to high school. We are also experiencing going from the public system through to an independent school, which is also a bit of a learning curve.

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Orangutan Adventure – Nothing is Impossible

When Daniel was born my wife and I didn’t know what he was able to do, or for that matter, what he wasn’t able to do (see the blog post – I Love You Dad). At that time we could only see a future of pain and anguish for ourselves.

This blog should serve as a reminder to us all that the future is not written and it is up to you, the individual,to make the most out of life.

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Perception is Reality

What do you mean, Perception is Reality? The explanation is quite simple. You and I might see exactly the same thing; however, we both interpret the situation differently. How often have you and a friend watched the same movie only to find that you each thought the movie was about something completely different? You have your individual perceptions on the same topic and yet they are both different.

That is, your perception – it is neither right nor wrong (of course to you it is right, but to someone else it can be wrong), therefore, your perception is your reality.

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Emotional Process

Some friends asked me the other day, as to how I was finding writing a blog, about my family’s experiences and, in particular, writing about such an emotionally raw topic.

They suggested that my response was a blog topic in itself, so here goes …

Each day I take one step at a time. I have high points and I have low points. At the end of each day I remind myself of the good things that happened, no matter how small and insignificant they may appear to others. I then take that day’s emotions and put them in a (mental) box and place them on a (mental) shelf and move on to the next day … never really looking back at the previous day’s events, always looking forward to the future.

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