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07/01/2021
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THE ENJOYMENT OF READING BOOKS
One of our granddaughters was an avid reader before she became ill with severe ME. One of our granddaughters had the good fortune to have a
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07/10/2019
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07/10/2019
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New Theme: Random Jottings
I have finished writing about our family’s adoption journey. Time has moved on. We now have five wonderful grandchildren. As I write today, one is about
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04/04/2019
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04/04/2019
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Empathy in Children’s Literature
Welcome back. I have been very busy writing my children’s novel – see later – which is why I have neglected my blog. Sorry! I have recently
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26/09/2016
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26/09/2016
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Adoption and Identical Twins. Nurture versus Nature.
I think I have always been interested in ADOPTION, maybe because my best friend at school was adopted. It interested me to realise that she had
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22/08/2016
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22/08/2016
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“We are Family” – One race – Olympics – a Multiracial/Multifaith World
This is not meant to be a political blog. It is written in the main about our personal experiences as a multi-racial family. It is impossible
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01/08/2016
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01/08/2016
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An Interconnected world “For more unites us than divides us” Jo Cox MP. RiP
My brother and I were brought up in an international atmosphere. Our parents were keen members of the Esperanto movement. As readers of this blog
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07/06/2016
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07/06/2016
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Adopting an older child
Adoption procedures 1970- - our experience
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ADOPTION TODAY – Help/information/support
My last blog ended with this sentence “I have heard that there is more help for adopted and looked-after children nowadays.” This is good news for
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28/04/2016
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28/04/2016
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“Looked-after children” – Yesterday and Today. Illustrations in literature.
During 2015 I turned on the radio and heard the following startling statement. I jotted it down “Every 20 minutes a child enters the care system.
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04/04/2016
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04/04/2016
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Our boys – Born in London. Back to London in 1983.
When we moved to London, I was overwhelmed by all the amazing things one could see and do in the capital. In earlier days I thought
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