Help Teddy survive
September 22, 2008 by Megan · Leave a Comment
The Teddy Tour desperately needs your help.
Just $5.00 helps a survivor of sexual assault. Give voice to silence.
Yes, … you, the reader of this post, please help us help survivors of sexual assault. When we each think that somebody else will help, nothing gets done and the silence of sexual abuse grows. You can help: you can give, you can make a BIG difference.
We really need donations of new Teddies
or
paypal donations of $5.00 + for a survivor of sexual assault to make a Teddy.
These Teddies will each be displayed in a moving garden walk, will wear a story tag filled in by a real survivor of sexual abuse and will act to break the silence of sexual assault.
Donate the money for a teddy here:
Send a new teddy (sewn, knitted or crocheted) to
Teddy Tour, 30 James St, North Cairns, Queensland, 4870, Australia.
If you are a survivor of sexual assault (way past or recent, male or female, young or old), fill in a story tag and end your silence around domestic and sexual terrorism.If you are a survivor of sexual abuse and you would like to send in your own Teddy (new only please) with story tag attached, it will be lovingly received and proudly displayed.
Please help us, help survivors the world over.
Donations and story tags can be sent to,
The Teddy Tour, 30 James St, North Cairns, QLD, 4870, Australia
or follow the link to donate teddy cash via paypal:
Family Death Megan away
September 16, 2008 by Megan · 8 Comments
Due to the death in the family, I will be in Brisbane until next Saturday. Due to the nature of the circumstances, I will be unreachable. Messages left on the Imaginif phone, 4031 0489, will not be returned until next Thursday, 25th September, as I am in Bamaga on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday following my return home.
I apologise for the inconvienence but please bear with me while I assist my two long term foster children who have lost their mother.
When a foster child’s parent dies
September 16, 2008 by Megan · 6 Comments
When my foster children’s mother dies, what can I do but be with them. I will be away from home for the next few days as I spend time with my two ex foster children. Their mother was found deceased in a a park just recently. We are all flying to the city where she lived, to view the body, say goodbye and to make funeral arrangements.
Dayle and Richard, I am very sorry that this has happened. Although I am not your Mum and will never be able to replace her, you know that I will love you for ever.
This was Dayle’s last public tribute to her Mum:
Georgie Girl. An Interview with a Young Woman Meeting her Mother After Georgie Has Grown Up In Out of Home Care
Never Ending Protection of Children meme
September 15, 2008 by Megan · Leave a Comment
I knee knocked in front of the local child welfare office, my dry mouth wanted to scream obscenities at me and tell me to mind my business. The small child in my arms was doing enough screaming for both of us, arching his back, kicking his legs and waving his arms about furiously.
“No” shouted the girl “Stop it. I don’t like it.”
Between Baby Dingo’s screams and the wailing pleas of the crazy haired girl, I just wanted to crumple in the gutter like a used leaf because I could not work out what to do.
This is a Never Ending Protection of Children meme, a never ending story, and I tag a true blue writer: Kathy from The Junk Drawer. Let’s see how she creatively manages to craft the story with just one sentence. Anything goes Kathy, as long as kids can read the story all is okay (PS: Kathy – I love your humour [Aussie spelling so keep your grammar snobbery together] and your posts frequently leave me laughing aloud.).
Check out the Protection of children: no cure to virus rules so that you know what to do (basically add a single sentence to the story, link to the rules and tag another blogger – this is a never ending story so keep it going).
Players so far (in order of sentences): Megan Bayliss (me), Alison Kewl, Jeanie Paradise, Megan Bayliss (me),
Our Cairns kitchen view
September 14, 2008 by Megan · 13 Comments
Often asked, “Why did you settle in Cairns?”, I’ll let the photos of our lifestyle answer that question. I have travelled extensively and lived in four other countries. My career could have produced many more academic and financial rewards if I lived else where, but, I love my lifestyle and I love Cairns. I also particularly love Old Queenslanders (the style of house we live in – old, all timber, and suited to a tropical lifestyle)
Given we are essentially outdoor livers, we naturally have our kitchen outside, on our verandah (our house has wide sweeping verandahs all the way around). There is no other kitchen upstairs – this is where I cook.
With daily views like the next few, why on earth would I want to cook in a closed in room with a smallish window? Not only does my kitchen feed the family, it also feeds our souls. I NEVER get sick of the views and of the communion with tropical nature.
Even when we have to be inside, we still do get some pretty groovy views. This is a fan palm right outside the window of my downstairs office.
With outside living comes the usual exposure to wild life. This is what I was greeted with this week. While I coped, I am glad that Paul was not home as he is less snake friendly than I am 
How do you live? In the interests of social understanding I am keen to learn how others live their family life. If you’ve blogged about your lifestyle, leave the link in the comments so that I can come and have a look.
I really hope you’ve enjoyed your virtual tour of our outside lifestyle – we do also have a whole other inside life but we’re rarely inside so we won’t even bother with that.
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