Common Ground

I am a few days late with my post but I have a good excuse...I was at the Camden Show with my RozArt Dog Tags for People & Pets range. I did 1,120km in travel over three days so I can say I am a little over the driving thing :-)

Anyhow I had a great time meeting people of the Camden region. It was definitely a country show with the stalls set amongst some of the small arenas activities. I have one photo I would love to share with you all, as it is something you don't see every day...

How to get mobile coverage in the country...

 

Yes, you do see correctly, it's a man riding a bull using a mobile phone! It put a smile on my face when I saw him, I hope it has done the same for you... by the way, just in case you were wondering, the bulls name is Charlie :-)

Anyhow, in my many chats with people at the show, I realise something, those families with children/siblings with a disability, no matter what the disability is, share some things in common

• they love their children/siblings greatly
• they have empathy for those who struggle with the same challenges of raising & living with a person with special needs
• they understand my issue completely when it comes to people who park in disabled parking and are clearly not disabled! I was amazed at how many others go through this in other areas with clearly marked disabled parking zones... I now know that my rant in last weeks post is not just a rant by a single frustrated mother, unfortunately it's a bond I share with many other families dealing with the laziness of able bodied people parking where they don't need to be!

Here's one story that was shared with me in relation to the last point:
A husband and wife were sitting in their car and they saw a young 'P' plate driver park his car in a disabled car spot. The husband went up to the young man and asked him nicely to move his car from the car space as he clearly had no need to be in it. The young man refused and the husband said politely that if the he didn't move his car, he would tow it out of the spot for him. The young man just went on his way... so true to his word, the husband had the car towed out of the disabled parking spot.

It is unfortunate that some people feel it is their right to do as they please and ignore the rights of others but it would have been a great thing to see the look on that young mans face when he came out of the shopping centre to find his car was removed and now he was inconvenienced! I truly hope he learnt a valuable lesson...

Now a word about a lovely group of people I met prior to my journey to Camden. I was fortunate enough to meet some of the lovely staff who work with the Brain Injury Association of NSW. They do great work and advocacy for people with acquired brain injuries and their families.

Here's  a link for any of you who may wish to have a look at what they do:
http://www.biansw.org.au/
They are a wonderful bunch of people who are happy to answer any questions you may have on brain injuries, services and assistance available for people with acquired brain injuries.

Well I must be off, I hope you all have a wonderful week :-)