On the 20th of December 2018 Miss ND had her deep tissue release surgery and requested that I be there as support with Mum, Dad, and Isabelle (the expat French lady who coordinated the donations from expats to help make this possible). We waited for a long time and you would think that would make…
I was getting ready to send this blog post about Mr B’s improvements and although his learning activities and physical strength have got better, concentrating only on his successes would be a bit misleading, because for two days his behaviour and his eating have been really challenging. He is communicating his wishes well, that’s for…
The school have been really pleased with Miss ND (our community buddy) who has received two superstar awards since October. I wrote about the first one in a previous post (Improvements every day for Miss ND, our community friend) but the most recent one was for trying so hard and singing well in practices…
After the opportunity to talk at the school a week or so back, I was contacted by one of the teachers from the school asking if her visiting cousin could volunteer with me for a day or two. I asked if she might be willing to help clean and be hands off with the children…
This is an update of a previous post with photos and pictures added… Today I got to branch out a little and had a chance to have an impact wider than the orphanages. I was contacted by friends from church who work in a Thai English private school and they asked if I would…
The new year coming holds an added change as my passport expires for the second time while in Thailand. This meant I could only get 5 months for my visa this year, sadly for the same price as a year would be. The process of renewing the passport was straightforward, but meant an early…
After seeing a movie trailer daily for a great child friendly fun cartoon movie, I tested whether this was one I should consider for a big trip. Taking a group of children and staff to a normal showing of a movie means a few challenges: people staring, timings that do not suit the orphanage…
Miss N was the last child in my group to have their date night. There are a few reasons for this. Miss N is a bigger child and rather squirmy and vocal. I was taking the easier children first, working out the timings needed, the environment and the school’s levels of acceptance. The school actually…
Miss K’s surgery and hip spica cast was back in September and October. For one leg it’s made a massive difference as well as making her spine better. The other leg though is not working as well as hoped, because her muscle memory is still telling that leg to turn in. I can do her stretching…
My friend Marie Claire (who is French) and I made plans to head to seek some traditional English entertainment in the form of a panto. Marie Claire had heard of them, but never seen one, so we got tickets and decided to go after work on a Friday. This was probably the worst choice…
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