Update from Jules

[paulhaines]

Thank you all for your messages of love and support for Paul. He is indeed very unwell but pain-free and relaxed and I am sure comforted by the knowledge he is very, very loved. He is at home with us where he belongs. I will not be doing facebook updates via his account, so keep an eye out for some blog entries as I endeavour to keep you up to date

Comments

[taliehelene]

Love and support to you, Jules. Strength is a strange thing - you muster what you have to. That seems to be how it works. If you are brave (and you are), you get what you need.

For my part - and I'm sure anyone else who's contacted you individually feels the same way - you don't need to reply to anything. This time is not about us. The important thing is there is lots of support on hand, whenever/however/if you need it - and with no obligation to need it. Your privacy and space is super important.

Level 18! Awesome! You guys must be so delighted with Isla's reading.

When I was a little schoolgirl - and I was literally a little one, the smallest kid in the school until Grade 2, and then I only lost my "title" because my younger sister started prep - well, I picked up a found-object mantra from somewhere. It was a quatrain about reading, and I loved it because I sensed there were ways of growing that were not tied to the genetics of being tall (which I was never going to be). There were more important ways of growing.

I thought you guys might like to share that quatrain with Isla. I suspect she will feel the magic in it too.

the more you read
the more you know
the more you know
the more you grow

Much love,
Talie