Luke, Judy, Mimi & Barry
Samantha( Mom), Shaunna, Margaret( Grandma), Mimi, Barry
of time. He would routinely go out to the ships in the ocean and pilot them into the narrow harbor. One day in Dunsborough, Jim invited us out on his boat. We had to get it from his garage to the ocean. I was standing on the boat in the garage as he backed up his Jeep to hook up to the boat trailer. I started to feel a bit queazy as the boat moved around and told Jim. He laughed so loud that someone could get seasick on a boat in a garage. He thought that this was so funny that he literally told each ship captain who came to Fremantle for many many years! Their daughter Anna had babysat for our son Luke when he was very young. We have gone to Anna’ s wedding and she married a very nice bloke who, get this, is a boat captain! What are the odds of having a dad and husband that are both boat captains? We have stayed in touch with Anna who has had a great career in education and has a lovely daughter named Isabella.
Shaunna Kilcullen came into our lives about 7 years ago as Ryan’ s girlfriend and they had been together for 6 years. Shaunna is the sweetest, most lovely person and we have adopted her as our God Daughter. I was able to help guide her a bit in her academic studies and she has graduated from the University of Western Australia with a degree in Psychology. Soon, she will be graduating with another degree in primary education. Kids, and all others, love her instantly as she is so warm and friendly. Mimi and I were fortunate enough to have attended her university graduation and we have provided ongoing support and encouragement over the years. She is like the daughter that we never had. The children that Shaunna will teach will be extremely lucky to have had such a wonderful person in their lives. That goes for Mimi and myself as well.
Then there’ s Alan Khoo who became our friend through Mimi’ s sister. Alan and his family live in Singapore and Alan is a real character as the following phrase sums him up. Talk does not cook rice. One never knows how much bullshit is being shoveled at any given time! He is really so funny to be around as you never know what’ s going to happen next. He has a lovely wife Denise and three great daughters, Astrid, Grace and Daphne. Daphne is a professional singer who is now living in New York City trying to make it as a singer. She was one of the winners of the Singapore Idol and she has sung at our house with Luke and Ryan playing rhythm guitars and her voice is beautiful.
Clockwise: Alan, Grace, Astrid, Denise, Daphne
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