tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096204059985406542.post5576122557584992881..comments2024-02-23T06:52:46.801+00:00Comments on Al Coates - Adoption:Fostering:Social Work: SuperDan, WonderJohn & the Sad FeelingAl Coateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04364194762953045888noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096204059985406542.post-79121968682108553592016-11-06T21:20:59.437+00:002016-11-06T21:20:59.437+00:00I agree, it's all set within a real world cont...I agree, it's all set within a real world context and we don't know what may have been or could have happened. I hold onto that. Al Coateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04364194762953045888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096204059985406542.post-68004231239210318342016-10-29T23:04:13.884+01:002016-10-29T23:04:13.884+01:00For what it is worth, I sometimes feel the same. L...For what it is worth, I sometimes feel the same. Listening to those guys, at the top of their field....the room for hope & change can feel huge, you feel you should be able to make more of a difference. But having the energy & impetus to do it every single day in the face of the curve balls life likes to chuck at you at the same time can be hard. I'm not convinced it can be done all of the time. The good news is, it doesn't have to be. Just good enough, most of the time. The changes are not immediate and dome days feel like a backwards step. But you ARE sowing the seeds, every day, even in small ways. Parenting and growing up is a constant work in progress. Sometimes you just don't see the benefits of how hard you have worked, until way way down the line. But it all does make a difference, sowing the seeds one neural connection at a time.@mkershaw_ukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05868234581824599594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096204059985406542.post-42427344412872730072016-10-29T19:43:14.495+01:002016-10-29T19:43:14.495+01:00You know this - but there remains potential to eit...You know this - but there remains potential to either come out of the shadow, even 30 years like I did, or that there can be a good life in the shade - even where you know that that the plant could have been more vigorous and full of flower.<br /><br />Ivavnuknoreply@blogger.com