It's 3pm.... We're waiting outside the op shop while Naomi is having her post work fix. This morning I took Kaylia to the shops.... we'd run out of bubble bath. While in Woolworths Kaylia kept walking without me.... so I thought I'd watch and see what she did when she realised that she was lost. I knew exactly where she was by listening to her babbling. I could tell that she had passed by the aisle where I was.... so I followed her. I could see her about 20 metres away and she was looking in all the wrong directions. I caught up with her and we had a little talk about being lost. I explained that if she was lost she should stand still. I think the lesson sank in.
Naomi frequently plays a game of "Twenty Questions".... most of the questions are ones of identity and so very important.... but Kaylia loves the game.
On a more sombre note ..... The announcement yesterday of the final report into the abuse of children in institutions was a momentous event .... it's very sad that the "institutions" don't appear to be accepting the need for change. The effect on the victims is lifelong so it will be a tragedy if the abuse continues. Even 50 years after the events, I still relive it almost daily .... and yesterday's report was particularly upsetting.
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