Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to all the little angels that are no longer with us.

Especially my Jojo. x

A gift.

We were asked to afternoon tea at Joshy's school, which took place this afternoon.  I thought there would be other families, but I felt extra special, as it was just for our family, and was simply lovely.

The kids received a booklet of Joshy's art work and some pics of him, as did JF and I.  We were also given a book (on grieving), and a framed artwork / photo.  I cried.

And I cried a little later too when they showed us their memory wall, of kids who had been in attendance at their school, but who had died.  It was sweet and sad at the same time.

Thank you to everyone at that school. The attention to detail and your dedication to my Jojo mattered and made a huge difference. x

Keyring

A couple of months ago, after Josh died,  I somehow lost only the special fingerprint keyring I had done of Joshy's finger print, back in April last year, and I was devastated!

A lovely lady by the name of Kerrie, who I only know of online from when I used to have my scrapbook and craft web store, managed to make her own version from the pictures Id previously posted.  They're made out of a light weight epoxy or something... but how cool are they?    Thank you so much for caring enough to do this Kerrie. x

Watch the Water

The message is simple.

Watch the water.

Careflight Newsletter Summer 2010/11

I have been working a little with Careflight for our media campaigns to help raise awareness for water safety.  This article pictures myself with Dr Steve Walker, the wonderful doctor who worked tirelessly for more than 30 minutes to get my jojo's heart beating again, the day of his near-drowning.

Please visit Careflight.  To view their current newsletter in full, click on "Our Latest Newsletter" on the right

My Josh In Too Deep

As seen on page 12, That's Life magazine, Issue 46 17 November 2010.

Rise in Pool Deaths...

This article can also be found here.

All Eyes on Kids

wolly-pops

I went away to the Hunter Valley over the weekend with one of my closest friends, and a few of her friends..  It's something I'd been wanting to do for a couple of years, but being her 40th birthday, it presented the perfect opportunity. It was a nice break and everything was gorgeous.

We went in to the Hunter Valley Chocolate Shop, and I bought a lolly-pop for each of the kids at back at home. It was only when Id left one on each of their pillows I realised I had one left over; Id automatically bought 5.  :-)

Joshy called them wolly-pops. Guess Ill eat his.  :-)

Corner of the Sky

As tends to be the way with me, after thinking about it for a while, I suddenly made a decision that I was ready to listen to the music that Josh and I would sing together in the car.  It's Sky Medley - Corner of the Sky/ Up Up and Away by Lisa Crouch.

I listened to her CD from the beginning on the way home from somewhere in the car.  This particular song is eighth on the CD, and I bawled the whole way through it.  I replayed the song again, and managed to sing some, and didn't cry as hard...

It took two days, but I can finally play and sing along to that song, and it is once again one of my favourite CD's.

I'm sharing that so that it is understood, by anyone else who has experienced loss, or is grieving, that things, one at a time, do get better or at least easier, day by day.