Marshmallow kids not so nice off the footy field
My young nephew is in trouble for what he apparently didn't do on the footy field. It seems Tom (not his real name) is the most 'perfect' player in the team. But Tom got in the way of a heavy bump from an opposition player in last week's match resulting in a broken arm. Not nice, but that's footy. Mum was devastated. Her son was not deserving of this. His 'entitlement' is to win at all times, and never to end-up being hurt and sidelined. So whose fault is it. Someone must take responsibility; apart from her Tom …
Why Emily Seebohm needs to meet Wajira
As we watched the tears flow from the eyes of swimmer Emily Seebohm last week as the 'tragic' reality of only winning a silver medal at the Olympics flooded over her, we couldn't help but think about another 'champion' we saw recently: Wajira. Wajira runs a Day Care Centre in the slums of Galle, in Sri Lanka. Everyday Wajira makes do with the scarce resources she has available to her to make the lives of street kids - some as young as three - just a little more bearable. When we were there in Galle and helping o…
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