Hello Peer Guides 🙂

Thanks @Shaz51 😁 @defaultusername These are my 2 goof bags, Dolly is the escape artist kelpie x koolie and Bear is the compulsive stick retriever (they're also excellent vacuums after dinner) 🤣💚

Dolly and Bear

Thank you so much @Shaz51, I really appreciate your encouragement!

Hahahaha yes, I have 3 ranging from a teen, pre-teen and a preschooler! It's a very busy household!

I remember you telling me once that you'd been a childcare provider from your own home 💚 I really love that you've had that opportunity to see kids you've cared for grow and have families of their own 😍 That must be a really humbling achievement 💜 My youngest has been with her daycare since she was 6 months old and will finish up with them before she heads to kindy. They often reflect with me on how much she has grown, which I feel for them is a really special way of connecting with her and celebrating her milestones that they've helped her achieve 💚

How lovely @Ilovepenguins 😍

🤣😂 a lot of mine stayed for 14 years

It was funny , one was 13 and asked her mum is she can stay at home instead, guess what she walked to my place at 8.30am

That just shows how much of an amazing care provider you are @Shaz51 😍💕 thanks for sharing that beautiful story with me!

Thank you very much @Shaz51, @tyme and @Ilovepenguins!! They are beautiful and the lights of my life, I'm very lucky to have them as they are all rescues (even though it is them that rescued me, as they say 😅) annnd they certainly do keep me busy, haha. I'm very lucky to have a sibling that loves walking them and that helps a lot.

And yes mine are the exact same @Ilovepenguins, can't hide anything from either of them! Their senses of smell will win every time. You poor thing having to worry about her jumping the fence, lil Houdini! Haha, sounds like she keeps you on your toes too. And I just saw the photo of Dolly and Bear, they're gorgeous!! 😍

Hope you are all well this week! 🧡

Hello @Tilz , @tyme , @defaultusername , @Ilovepenguins , @sheba30 , @Ainjoule , @Jynx , @Ru-bee , @rav3n , @Asgard , @RiverSeal , @Bon_courage , @puzzlingdino

Not sure what Peer guides are still around, love to know who is still here so I can tag you 😁

Hey @Shaz51 👋🏼☺️

It has been a long minute since I've popped my head in! I feel a little guilty actually 😬

Life has been an incredible challenge these past 5 months, navigating a relationship breakdown, children's issues, participating in fundraising events for our community and finishing off my cert IV in community services, I have 1 roleplay assessment to go and 1 week left 😁

It's been a whirlwind of emotions, but one thing I'm so super proud of, is that I have remained stable throughout the ups and downs 💪🏼

I hope you have been well Shaz 💜 what has been happening in your world?

Ohh hugs @Ilovepenguins , and way to go my awesome friend 🧡

I am proud of you too ❤️

Thank you so much @Shaz51 💜

Ohhhh @Shaz51 I'm getting so lost on the forums now they have changed! I tried to keep up but with everything going on at home, I found my phone or anything other than my assessments to be the last place I visited 😔

I also didn't get really important notifications about things I could have been involved in, like the weekly chats 😔 I can see I was tagged but I didn't know about them 🤷🏼‍♀️

And I've only just found out that @Bon_courage has moved on from Sane 😭 can't lie, that made me tear up a little! I didn't get to say good bye! Or tell him that I was smashing my cert IV course...which I completed today as well 😁

Now I'm not sure who I can use as a reference for the training and volunteer placement I did with Sane in the peer guide program 🤷🏼‍♀️I had an interview for a peer support position today! @tyme is this still a thing? Other than my fabulous community services teacher, I don't have another recent or relevant reference 😞