Why I Believe In Vaccination

August 6, 2012 in Children, Current Affairs, Fathers, Health, Mothers, News, Parenting

There’s been a lot of talk about vaccinations lately after the Australian Vaccination Network encouraged its members to contact parents who’d lost children to SIDS to see if they could find out whether vaccines ’caused’ the death of the children. I’m not a doctor or a scientist – I can’t tell you what the negatives of vaccination are or whether or not it causes SIDS or autism or peanut allergies. I can only go by what I read in the media and what I can gather from talking to those I know who do work in the medical industry. I’m [...]

“He’s Dead” She Said

June 29, 2012 in Children, Health, Mothers, Parenting, People, Pregnancy & Birth, Stories

I was walking to my car after finishing for the day when my phone rang. It was my best friend. She was crying. “It’s Chris*” she sobbed “He’s dead.” It took a while for me to register what she was saying. Her nephew, only just born, had passed away during the night. “Oh my God” was about as eloquent response as I could muster, as she cried and we were both lost in shock and despair. We drove down to the funeral, my mother and I, a couple of hours south of here. We arrived early, we bought a bunch [...]