Dear Friend
It’s spring. The earth is about to burst into life again.
As we follow the roadmap out of lockdown, away from the darkness of COVID-19, a ‘sign’ has appeared in the sky. On the surface of Mars, Perseverance has landed. Encoded in the parachute vital to its safe landing is the NASA motto ‘Dare Mighty Things’. Now with the help of the mini helicopter Ingenuity, a new chapter of discovery begins.
Perseverance and ingenuity may be new to Mars but they’re just ‘more of the same’ for all of you who have parented through this unprecedented time. You have been stellar.
Kind regards
Nicola Watson
Additional Needs Support Coordinator
It’s all Greek to me!
I remember being told that ancient Greek has four different words for love (eros, storge, phileos and agape) but in contrast English has only one. I’m not sure that’s true. Are not the words passion, desire, friendship, tenderness and fondness all expressions of love?
Look how far you’ve come
Are you familiar with the ‘pale blue dot’? Thirty years ago the cameras of the Voyager 1 space probe looked back to see how far it had come, a distance of four billion miles. The pale blue dot was planet Earth. So yes, you are very familiar indeed. What a remarkable change of perspective!
When we are able to stop and look at how far our child has really come, and how far we've come, then we can start to see some rays of hope emerging.
Someone to talk to who ‘gets it’
Care for the Family offers a telephone befriending service to parents of children with additional needs. We have a remarkable team of volunteer befrienders, themselves parents of children with additional needs. Our befrienders listen, encourage and empathise. Find out what aspects of befriending people have found the most helpful.
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