Well, in fact if truth were told, which it always should be, I am already IN a video. But seeing as how she-who-should-be-obeyed cannot get it together to put a photo up on my blog, there's a fat chance that she would be able to organise a video going up on it!
She sent the short clip of Yours Truly prancing about on her head and 'ringing' the landline telephone to a few friends and Debbie Goaty Mum loved it so much, she asked if she could put it up on the Goaties Blog.
What the Goaty folk will say to an avian interloper frollicking about on their blog, has not yet been discovered. They're probably talking about it in the milking parlour and undoubtedly it will be Husky, the naughty girl, who'll be the one to plot something!
And now for something completely different! A brilliant tale of determination and kindness.. read on!
She was at a meeting last night in Streatham Hill with Susan. Into the room came an enchanting looking young woman who was greeted with squeals of joy and MANY hugs and kisses.
She smiled at the young woman and asked another woman, Joan, "Who is she?".. "ah", said Joan "wait and you'll find out".. then the person taking the meeting said "Alison has come to give us an update and seeing as there are a couple of people here who have never met you Alison, please would you give a short resume of what you did, before you give your update".
Are you ready? Then I'll tell you Alison's tale..
A long time ago, one of Alison's ancestors was a slave in Brazil, she was taken to Portugal by the family who 'owned' her and given her freedom. She remained working with the family and married a Portugese man, they had several children, who all married and had children, who had children etc and on down the line to Alison's mother, who was brought up in England.
Alison was born and told her ancestoral history. She had already decided what she wanted to do, which was to take a Nursing Degree and a Law Degree.. You probably would not connect the two.. but Alison has thought her future out very carefully.
She is going to be an international lawyer specialising in Medical Malpractice but not the way it is usually thought about. No, she's going to be the kind of lawyer who protects the underdog nurse or doctor from BIG corporations who treat huge numbers of medical staff appallingly badly. To do this, she knew she had to be aware of what goes on in hospitals and clinics, hence training to be a nurse.
She wanted a Gap Year but wanted somewhere overseas where she would be able to work as an un-paid helper in a hospital and I hope you now know where she went, if you thought BRAZIL, you're right!
She spent a full year in Brazil with three host families, all three were 'medical' families, she learnt FLUENT Portugese, having spoken not one word before she arrived and good German. She also learnt a lot about how some hospital staff are treated as gods and how some of them are so badly treated, that it made her cry.
She sat and listened to Alison talk and smiled at the level of determination, courage and good 'stuff' this woman talked about, the update was as good.. how she continues to speak Portugese and German on a daily basis at her university, has now added French and Spanish to her DAILY lessons.. oi vey.
She ended her talk by saying "None of this would have been possible without your backing and your support and I owe you all my thanks".. everyone clapped.
Joan explained, quietly to my mama, that they had sponsored and financed Alison's year in Brazil and that she had MORE than paid them back with the amount of volunteer work she had done and continues to do upon her return from Brazil in 2013.
What a great tale to be able to tell you, do you do any voluntary work of any kind?
Me.. I play 'The Fool' and am practising this role at least six times a day in preparation for my debut at Singing With Dementia this Friday.
She has to do a run to Lidl for we are 'clean' (haha) out of clothes washing liquid and maybe, just maybe, they'll have my favourite Rye and Sunflower bread back in stock.. a girl can dream..
PipPip..
GeeGee Parrot.
March 2015.
She sent the short clip of Yours Truly prancing about on her head and 'ringing' the landline telephone to a few friends and Debbie Goaty Mum loved it so much, she asked if she could put it up on the Goaties Blog.
What the Goaty folk will say to an avian interloper frollicking about on their blog, has not yet been discovered. They're probably talking about it in the milking parlour and undoubtedly it will be Husky, the naughty girl, who'll be the one to plot something!
And now for something completely different! A brilliant tale of determination and kindness.. read on!
She was at a meeting last night in Streatham Hill with Susan. Into the room came an enchanting looking young woman who was greeted with squeals of joy and MANY hugs and kisses.
She smiled at the young woman and asked another woman, Joan, "Who is she?".. "ah", said Joan "wait and you'll find out".. then the person taking the meeting said "Alison has come to give us an update and seeing as there are a couple of people here who have never met you Alison, please would you give a short resume of what you did, before you give your update".
Are you ready? Then I'll tell you Alison's tale..
A long time ago, one of Alison's ancestors was a slave in Brazil, she was taken to Portugal by the family who 'owned' her and given her freedom. She remained working with the family and married a Portugese man, they had several children, who all married and had children, who had children etc and on down the line to Alison's mother, who was brought up in England.
Alison was born and told her ancestoral history. She had already decided what she wanted to do, which was to take a Nursing Degree and a Law Degree.. You probably would not connect the two.. but Alison has thought her future out very carefully.
She is going to be an international lawyer specialising in Medical Malpractice but not the way it is usually thought about. No, she's going to be the kind of lawyer who protects the underdog nurse or doctor from BIG corporations who treat huge numbers of medical staff appallingly badly. To do this, she knew she had to be aware of what goes on in hospitals and clinics, hence training to be a nurse.
She wanted a Gap Year but wanted somewhere overseas where she would be able to work as an un-paid helper in a hospital and I hope you now know where she went, if you thought BRAZIL, you're right!
She spent a full year in Brazil with three host families, all three were 'medical' families, she learnt FLUENT Portugese, having spoken not one word before she arrived and good German. She also learnt a lot about how some hospital staff are treated as gods and how some of them are so badly treated, that it made her cry.
She sat and listened to Alison talk and smiled at the level of determination, courage and good 'stuff' this woman talked about, the update was as good.. how she continues to speak Portugese and German on a daily basis at her university, has now added French and Spanish to her DAILY lessons.. oi vey.
She ended her talk by saying "None of this would have been possible without your backing and your support and I owe you all my thanks".. everyone clapped.
Joan explained, quietly to my mama, that they had sponsored and financed Alison's year in Brazil and that she had MORE than paid them back with the amount of volunteer work she had done and continues to do upon her return from Brazil in 2013.
What a great tale to be able to tell you, do you do any voluntary work of any kind?
Me.. I play 'The Fool' and am practising this role at least six times a day in preparation for my debut at Singing With Dementia this Friday.
She has to do a run to Lidl for we are 'clean' (haha) out of clothes washing liquid and maybe, just maybe, they'll have my favourite Rye and Sunflower bread back in stock.. a girl can dream..
PipPip..
GeeGee Parrot.
March 2015.
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