Posts Tagged ‘ YOT ’

Nurture and Nature

Spending a day with a compulsive liar, thief and violent young man is not everyone’s idea of a good day. Nor was it mine! Yet I find it hard to condemn the man when he has increasingly shown in short moments that nature which, properly nurtured, would be welcomed in the best of humans. He is at times polite, gentile and charming. Yet it is ironic that the majority of society would find him a thug. Perhaps I am of such a disposition to approve of this young man, or perhaps he is no worse than the rest of...

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YOT

Today I go yotting No, it’s not that I can’t spell, but that YOT is the Youth Offending Team in Cardiff. Excited!!, nervous!!, etc..

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  • A week of Fun and Games!

    I’m sure balloon modeling will come in useful at some point while ordained, but even if not, it keeps the kids happy. That’s what I’ve been doing for the past week. Our eldest daughter’s birthday was on Sunday, usual party etc, bouncy castle etc. Oh can you make balloon models she says, yeah course I can, good, here you are then! And so it was that I got started with this strange hobby, not been going long, but its really quite addictive, almost as bad as the Sudoku puzzles. There must be a place for modeling balloons for kids during a service, just have to brush up on lions and arks etc!

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