Got a letter from ACC this morning: “ACC has approved an application to fund your treatment as follows:Cervical Disc Replacement (Arthoplasty)” They have been sitting on this application for ages despite me being classified as “high priority.” Anyhow, now the hospital has to grant me a surgery date within 4 weeks. Needless to say I […]
Entries Tagged as 'Family'
Thoughts on Roast Guinea Pigs and Balancing Freedoms
October 7th, 2008 18 Comments
We have google set to “strict safe search” … you have probably worked out where this is leading, check out the first pic that came up on her search – roasted guinea pig complete with two roast spuds.
Tags: Freedom of Speech · Guinea Pigs · Parental Rights · Tech Problems
Spot the Difference
September 30th, 2008 7 Comments
This is a photo of me taken last weekend on my daughter’s cell phone (not the best photo of me but our camera is broken): This is a photo of my 16 year old daughter: This is a photo of me with my 16 year old daughter, also taken last weekend:Can you spot the difference? […]
Tags: Personal Abuse
Happy Birthday Glenn
September 4th, 2008 3 Comments
I saw this birthday video a few months back and thought of Glenn and as today is Glenn’s birthday I just had to post it. Happy Birthday Glenn!
Tags: Glenn Peoples
Surgery – Car Accident Update
August 15th, 2008 14 Comments
I got my MRI results on Tuesday. They show damage to two discs, both are compressed. One is more compressed than the other, the other is protruding and pushing on a nerve, hence all the pain. I have two choices. Do nothing and see if it fixes itself (its been almost 5 months). Have surgery […]
Tags: Car Accident · Disc Replacement Surgery
Car Accident Update
August 5th, 2008 1 Comment
As you know I was involved in a car accident some months back and have had ongoing issues with my neck and back as a result rendering me unable to work and in pain daily. I have had a lot of support through this site and I wanted to take the time to thank those […]
Tags: Car Accident
Home Education
June 18th, 2008 Comments Off on Home Education
Recent reports of parents being jailed for home schooling their children in Germany have made me think how greatful I am for our government (a rather rare moment). Six years ago we removed our children from school and began home educating them. We did this because at the time our eldest son who has Aspergers […]
Tags: Aspergers Syndrome · Home Education · Parental Rights
A common objection to belief in the God of the Bible is that a good, kind, and loving deity would never command the wholesale slaughter of nations. In the tradition of his popular Is God a Moral Monster?, Paul Copan teams up with Matthew Flannagan to tackle some of the most confusing and uncomfortable passages of Scripture. Together they help the Christian and nonbeliever alike understand the biblical, theological, philosophical, and ethical implications of Old Testament warfare passages.
