Oasis Magazine - Cairns & Tropical North Queensland Issue 29 - Apr | May 2019

#RANT #RANT WARNING WARNING Remember Remember when, as when, kids, our as kids, our parents told parents us that told if we us that didn’t if we didn’t have something have something nice to say, nice to not to say, to not say anything say at anything all? That at phrase all? That phrase rolled off rolled my mother’s off my tongue mother’s tongue daily - usually daily - as usually she was as she was removing one removing of her one offsprings of her offsprings hands from hands another from offsprings another offsprings throat, or a throat, clump or of a hair clump from of a hair from a clenched fist clenched just minutes fist just before minutes before a scalping a was scalping to occur. was In to my occur. In my • Full Weekly or Daily Care childhood filled childhood with filled a family with of a You family see, of I’m at the You being see, bullied I’m being bullied at the • Catering for all ages 2 to School big Age personalities, big personalities, calm debates calm moment. debates And when I And say when “at the moment. I say “at the • Vacation, Before & After School Care intended to intended iron out differences to iron out differences of moment”, of I moment”, mean for the past for four I mean the past four opinion really weren’t a “thing”! really a “thing”! • Great, Safe Central Location opinion weren’t years or so. years or so. • All meals supplied So this past So decade this past or decade so, I’ve or My so, bully I’ve is My someone whom, with whom, bully is with someone been thinking been about thinking those about words those words • until recently, never actually until I’d recently, I’d never actually my mother my would mother say. would And as say. I And as I • CCS Approved had a conversation. Nope. Not Nope. Not had a conversation. watch society watch navigate society its navigate way one its word. way I one had word. no interest in my I had no interest in my • JET Payment Approved through the uncharted waters bully’s through the unchartered waters life, and life, I honestly bully’s and I honestly that link that our link now our very now very assumed they would they have no have no assumed would ic Dynam interconnected world, it seems interconnected world, it interest seems in interest mine. Let’s face it, my face it, my in mine. 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We’re having to remind parents at We’re having to remind parents at • Sports World PE Program junior sports mind to their junior to sports mind their decided My bully way the best But my the bully best decided • Environmental & Safety Education manners, and don’t expect a trip manners, and don’t expect trip use they a could spend their extremely precious precious of their • Theatrical Adventure Classes to the supermarket without time to the supermarket without on earth by discussing discuss time was on earth was to copping an copping earful from someone an earful from my someone my shortcomings with as many shortcomings with as many • Dance & Music Classes whose beeline for beeline the checkout whose for the people checkout as people would to bother to would as bother • Kindy Gym was rudely was interrupted by your listen. rudely interrupted by your Haha! listen. Discussing Haha! Discussing my my • trolley. 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