I have just finished reading about my nephew’s “Children of Courage” award. He is disabled due to a Chromosome condition and faces hurdles everyday that would make the rest of us give up. But he doesn’t, he makes us laugh, and cuddle, and love him. My beautiful Sister-in-law is not sure whether he rates as “courageous” (sometimes we have to slap her a bit!) But not only does he deserve it, so does his whole family. Each and ever day hour bring challenges and tasks that the rest of us would never even have given a thought to. A simple outing to the beach can cause days of distress and discomfort. It’s really, really hard some days. And lots of nights. But there is never a word of complaint or a whinge (and believe me, I’d be whinging for sure!) Instead their house is a happy, joyous (sometimes crazy, but that has nothing to do with Josh!) place to be. It’s full of love and laughter, and lashings of courage. It is definitely a well-deserved Award. Great job, Josh.
Bev Beerens said,
August 27, 2008 at 10:25 pm
Joshua is a gorgeous boy and they are a wonderful family. It’s always a busy but fun time at their house.
Louise B said,
August 29, 2008 at 9:12 am
Lisa you’ve summed it up perfectly!
Tania said,
August 30, 2008 at 11:30 pm
Slap me?
Andrew keeps telling me that I am in need a bit of “home correction”.
Thanks for the nice post. For the record though, there is whinging. C’mon, I’m a girl. A big sooky one at that.
Guess what? Josh hasn’t not been to the beach since that photograph.
Louise B said,
August 31, 2008 at 9:30 am
Guess what- Oliver hasn’t been to the beach since we took those pics at Christies Beach- don’t sweat it- there’s plenty of other nice activities to do. Just ‘cos you live near the beach doesn’t mean you have to go.
Lisa said,
August 31, 2008 at 12:06 pm
Only a gentle slap of course….you could have highlighted the bit where I called you beautiful!
Tania said,
September 1, 2008 at 11:39 pm
Beatiful? Slap me again!
Oh… “we’ve” been to the beach with the other 3, just not Joshy. Not his scene… he’s more of a stay-in-his-room-and-be-unsocial-watch-movie-type. I get that though.
Lisa said,
September 2, 2008 at 7:55 am
I not only get that, some days I strive for that!!