School Friends

An old school friend, who I have know for 26 years, posted this on my FaceBook wall the other day:

Hey Kel, I've just finished reading your blog. I've had the biggest cry, you are so amazingly strong to do this! I'm so sorry you and your family have been living in this nightmare for the past 14 months. I'm glad you are so determined to see that this law will become official. When I heard this morning on the news about another near toddler drowning the first thing I thought of was I hope to god you don't wake up and this is the first thing you hear. If there is anything I can ever help you with, I'm always here for you xx

My response to her post was :

Thanks for your love and support Mel x
Sadly when the alarm went off at 6 this morning, I was dozing in bed and I heard this on the news!! I could still sleep till 7.30 but once I heard that dreadful news, that's was it. My and many others... nightmare is relived over and over again each time this happens!
It just kills me!
That's why I started my blog today, so people know how Jaise came into this world, and sadly how he left us.
It's not fair and sadly the gory upsetting details need to shared to make people listen!
I have photos of Jaise in hospital, photos no parent should have, but that's how I remember his last days.
People just need to think how would they feel if their loved one was in ICU on life support, Would our safety messages still be too 'confronting' then?

 

 

I am still so shocked that people I have know for so long, and many I havent seen for years still care so much. Once you leave school you sort of go off in your own direction and loose touch with many of your friends.

I started Kindergarten with Mel, played hockey and softball with her and even went through high school together.

 

When we held the memorial in Orange for Jaise, my Uncle stopped counting at 150 people. The amount of family, friends, work mates, school friends and even strangers that turned up was amazing!!!

I cant remember everyone that came that day, it was all such a sad blur to me, but as I sit here and look back at the attendance book, I am still amazed!

 

I guess what I am trying to say is:

Going through school I wasnt popular, I was just me. I wore glasses and often felt left out. Yep I was a nerd LoL

I had a few close friends, mainly Kylie who has been by my side every since I met her in 1992 and we were silly but we had a good time.

When I left school in Year 10 to do my Traineeship I didnt realise that there were so many people out there that I went to school with that really DID care about me, untill last year. I remember seeing 6 specific faces at the Botanic Gardens that day, and I remember thinking to myself 'wow they came to support me after all these years'. That was one of the most comforting things to me that day.

To those people, you know who you are, I thank you so much for coming to support myself and my children and Jaise's dad.

Although we dont see each other often, your kindness will always remain close to my heart.