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Fire fighters in Imizamo Yethu enjoying refreshments kindly donated by the Hout Bay community and local businesses. Photo supplied by Matthew Rosenberg, CEO, HBVEMS.
Embracing the Journey, Not Running the Race The Good Times turns one this issue, and As a parent however, I have become very mine were still scribbling doodles. it’s a bitter-sweet birthday that has left me aware of how easy it is to be sucked into the A worry for any parent really, this two rather contemplative. comparing game. That competitive streak year experience deficit really shows them This June issue remains in digital format in most all of us that wants our children to up at times. But now, my child is ten, he only and forces me to re-evaluate the model be reading first, writing best and grouped in devours books and I can’t keep up with his and viability of a print publication. the A Maths Group. voracious appetite for “new worlds”...I’ve It forces me to examine myself and my even caught myself saying “Just STOP abilities and to question the validity of the reading for a moment and spend time with Hout Bay Montessori Virtues Mural project itself. us!” And thus, both as a parent and an As I ruminate over the trials and tribulations entrepreneur, it is an important and of this first year, the birthing process and necessary lesson I am learning: childhood our first small steps learning to walk before of any ilk is a wondrous journey. It is not we run, I am struck by the similarities and a race, there is no finish line, no end point parallels of childhood and schooling. sight. of a journey from then to The Good Times has just turned one! We Our first issue was published in June of this year for an amazing roller incoaster I pray not forthis my children to come in first are little and learning and finding our feet. the twelve primary and high schools in Hout Bay. Both now. The work load tripled time round and my but that they enjoy each wonderful, carefree This is not a race, there is no finish line, no space and newspapers are offered free of charge to the poor family have been a little neglected, however I I pray that they climb ourinmountains, end point.and Eachsupport step forward schools via we thegrow localwith community is sought have never felt thisday. amount of satisfaction my life. smell the fynbos and numb theirand ankles in confidence, each fall sets us back. But with in order to cover print costs. This year has been filled with beautiful people their our freezing seas, I pray that they take the every fall, every setback, every failure, we The second issue saw popularity quadruple and the unbelievable efforts in creating a better world for us jump off dunes racefrom each get to re-examine, change became and demand in other evaluate, communities apparent, thus all. I am blessed totime haveto learnt assand much as Iand have grow, much like the development stages I other on the beach, not to win, but to feel we are very happy to be reaching further afield this such big-hearted, big-visioned people that live right the might of their own blood pushing life have watched my children go through for My childhood neighbour’s girls, the same term with local papers for both the Camps Bay to Sea here in our ‘little fishing village’. through their veins. the last ten years. age as my boys, have grown up in the UK. Point and Constantia to Kirstenhof areas. We now have Thank you to you all for your enthusiasm and support Childhood Start-ups but As a teacher, know that Eachthousands time we see of each of other, a year or two a stable of 28I schools andeach are child reaching The Good Times and weandwish you aren’t a veryeasy, happy they are magical, for it’s in those moments develops in his/her own time, that their has passed and it’s an interesting gauge. families in all three areas. holiday. Rest up, read up and be safe. Make it a point to of lifefrom pounding through yourTo veins the milestones willdraws be reached at different started schooldo at at 5 as opposed As the year to a close I write The thisgirls as my final least one to activity our suggested Dothat list! world seems perfect! Happy birthday GT! times, but they will be reached. our 7, they were reading and writing while article for 2013 and I sit reflecting over what has been Here’s to an awesome 2014! ‘Ra-Ra’!
The Race If you rode a turtle And I rode a snail And we raced To the equator, One of us would come in last And one would come in later. By Shel Silverstein
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