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My son had OT again today. Sarah said he was so much happier this week, than last week. She is also a great OT. A really cheery little NY girl. Nir really likes her. I believe it is because I pulled him from the special school last Friday and still have to do a letter to them. He told me today that they hit him there. I don't know what to believe and should I? He has no bruises, so I guess it could be metaphorical hits. Sarah got him to count to ten and was amazed that he could do it because she... Sign in to see full entry.

I have too many axes to grind and not enough time or energy to grind them all. Cut my thumb today making salad for dinner. Nir is out of school and will not be returning until SBT comes back from overseas. She has a son getting married in the USA and a niece before Pesach. This lady has a private Alternative Jewish School in Melbourne and it will I think be the best thing for my son. I had an hour and a half talk with her on Tuesday. She seems very switched on and hopefully tough enough to take... Sign in to see full entry.

in the early hours of the morning. Still no excuse. I should draft and re-edit in the morning I know. To the people who read it and winced. Sorry, I should have more respect for my readers and be aware that at the very least they deserve a coherent and well structured text. Humble Apologies. Have a good day all! Sign in to see full entry.

I have pulled my son out of the special school because I believe that he is a bit hyper active and he is full on. He has developmental delay. He is not stupid. He is a good kid who just needs patience and an understanding teacher or teachers. I can't believe that these people who taught him before have acted as if he will never improve and that his developmental delay sentences him to a lifetime of stupidity. I don't understand. Maybe teachers are different these days to the sort of teacher I... Sign in to see full entry.

It deals with Mishpatim or roughly translated from the Hebrew = Laws or Judgements/judgings which is the name of the 18th parsha portion. Every Shabbat a portion of the Chumash or five books of Moshe is read and this is the 18th week since the first Torah Portion was read this Jewish year. Maybe I should put this in spirituality and religion but I do not have a blog in that section. Many of the Torah's civil laws are enumerated in the section of Mishpatim (Exodus 21-24), which immediately... Sign in to see full entry.

Shabbat was overall wonderful, except when my son mortified me in shule by throwing a siddur on the ground in a fit of temper. I took him outside for a while and then plucked up the courage to take him back inside, expecting at any moment someone would come over and say to me,'Please remove yourself and that uncontrollable child from the shule'. It is hard and he is not as well behaved as some kids and I think at times I have a five year old teenager on my hands. He is continually flaunting my... Sign in to see full entry.

If the Brumby Labor government is to effectively and responsibly respond to the high death toll in the wake of the hellfire weekend fires, it will instigate mandatory fire bunkers underneath every house built on the ashes of people and structures in country areas. There is a need for a mandatory underground public fire bunkers to be built in every country town, however small or large the population of the town. These could and should be maintained by town committees on a volunteer basis. The... Sign in to see full entry.

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Flames fanned by wild wind, Heat focussed, Roar, a seering scream that echoes along mountain ridges Of crackling trees and embers Soar, twisting to alight eating into families' dreams with their fiery embraces. In the wake of their dance, mangled cars litter deadly tracks, Their molten rims trace Apocalyptic patterns in the ash. A burnt mother lies Under a blanket, Her unborn child's first cry, consumed by fire, never uttered. Faces hollowed by losses too deep to describe, Are followed by tribes... Sign in to see full entry.

Today my son had his second day at the 'special school' and it was traumatic again with him screaming and crying. I really don't know whether I have done the right thing and maybe I need to just put more input into his learning myself. The communication book has very little done for the day. I am quite concerned about what they are doing with him. I am looking for concrete activities that will improve 1. His fine motor skills 2. His speech 3. His cognitive development and understanding of simple... Sign in to see full entry.