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jenn jay tales jennifer johnston shares her travel tales life adventures observations photos and random thoughts menu home jenn jay jenn jay tales jennifer johnston shares her travel tales life adventures observations photos and random thoughts september 3 2017 by jenn jay 6 comments farewell my beige billy death is inevitable we all know that but if you lose a family member or friend what you re not prepared for is the feelings that crop up in unpredictable moments subtle reminders the person who was once a part of your life is now no longer my father passed away in april this year after a few years of declining heath it wasn t from a debilitating disease like cancer where the loved ones suffer so unfairly my father s condition was never fully diagnosed despite numerous visits to doctors and specialists but he had a heart attack at age 41 and bowel cancer at 58 so to make it to 82 years he d actually done well dad about 10 years ago unfortunately his last few years were a constant stream of doctor s visits with an endless number of pharmaceutical pills to swallow whatever ailed my father caused him to have no energy the man who loved to tinker on projects around the house was reduced to endless hours in bed zapped of the desire to do anything without energy finding breathing difficult due to a build up of fluid on the lungs and with parts of his body covered in scaly red masses possibly the result of one of his many medications dad s quality of life was low the word wretched seems fitting understandably he was frustrated and cranky for a fair amount of those years and after that kind of existence you know it is a blessing he isn t suffering any more hang on a sec but there are moments that stop you when you realise that person is no longer here on this earth i can no longer talk to dad hear his grumbles be told another of his grand stories he had a few or sit in the same room as him and look into his brown eyes and update him with something uneventful after dad died my brother mum and i went through that inevitable process sorting through his belongings we smiled at the amount of beige coloured clothing items we removed from his wardrobe trousers shirts even an old hat all various shades of boring beige what a drab colour i thought for a man who was far from dull dad in his groovy gear showing off the planes he made my boys dad s special place at mum and dad s home there are reminders everywhere of my father but whenever i venture downstairs to the garage underneath their house and go to his work bench where his tools are stored that is where it really strikes me my dad has gone his workbench looking at the piles of tools he s used over the years the shovels grubbers the saws hanging on the wall the clean paint brushes standing upright the assorted glass jars lining in rows their lids nailed to the floor joists my dad s novel way of storing screws i m surrounded by so many memories of my father he d often be at his work bench tinkering fixing recycling or creating some project dad s novel method to store screws and bolts i pick up what appears to be the last project he d been working on the realisation hits me hard my eyes well with tears at the thought my dad will never touch these things again he s now tinkering in a different place gone but never forgotten my tinkering story telling fan of beige coloured clothing dad it s father s day today in australia i felt i had to write something dad and i on holidays some time ago happy father s day dad miss you xx categories random stories to share tags fathersday a daughter remembers her dad father s day special memories your dad is special permalink july 31 2017 by jenn jay leave a comment win a trip to cambodia thought the title might interest you but sorry after that headline grabber this post is actually about me trying to win a trip to cambodia not the other way round i ve entered a blogging competition with a worthy prize the only thing i need is your vote so to help me win a trip to cambodia please go to my entry naked communion a divine onsen experience and follow the links this is my last week of campaigning for votes as the comp closes august 3rd hopefully in a few months i ll be sharing stories about cambodia thank you categories single mum travel tales tags travel writer peregrine travel qld travel blogging competition win a trip to cambodia permalink july 3 2017 by jenn jay 2 comments giving back an inspirational story meet my huong le when travelling through vietnam i was fortunate to spend a day in vung tau with this amazing woman she opened up to me about her childhood being taken from her mother at the age of five during the vietnam war my huong was part of operation baby lift an initiative towards the end of the war by american president ford where children from southern vietnam were adopted out to american and australian families as the vietcong invaded the south my huong le returned to her country of birth 30 years after leaving as an adoptee herself could there be a better person to understand the plight of orphans my huong now helps manage an orphanage in vung tau and also works closely with a learning centre for disadvantaged children she has an incredible life story and is only just beginning it she says my huong le at her desk her story about giving back despite all the challenges in her early childhood is incredible and inspiring please find my story about my time with my huong le lift magazine issue 8 winter lift 8 15 19 published in lift magazine long hai learning centre grounds vung tau vietnam categories single mum travel tales travel stories why have me write for you tags finding your birth mother liftmagazine looking after orphans in vietnam my huong le operation baby lift operation baby lift adoptees single mother vietnam vung tau permalink may 21 2017 by jenn jay leave a comment how i lost half of myself a weight loss journey background to the story it s well known there is a noticeable drop in the number of female lifesavers who continue volunteering once they reach age 50 and over to continue as a lifesaver requires passing an annual proficiency test which involves a swim run and obviously a certain amount of fitness maybe it s hard to make the commitment later in life as other priorities take over but not for helen hallett she will be 55 years young in september helen continues in her voluntary capacity as a lifesaver at the gold coast a role she s loved since her mid 20 s she also works full time for surf lifesaving queensland i initially met helen in the brisbane office of surf lifesaving queensland while i was working for the lifeguard team helen is one of those work colleagues you love to be around upbeat fun generous with her time and incredibly passionate about what she does within the lifesaving community helen was the reason as a freelance writer i began researching a feature story on the 10 year anniversary of the boxing day tsunami we were at our desks in the office one afternoon when a discussion began about helen and her family s incredible experience in thailand during the boxing day tsunami it was a real sliding doors moment i wrote the story with helen and her family a major part of the story and it ended up being published by qweekend titled fatal shore qweekend article 13 12 14 a few months later i spied a call out from an australian tabloid magazine for an inspirational real life story for mature women i knew helen would be a perfect choice having discussed her weight loss journey when interviewing her for the tsunami story she agreed to do the article helen generously gave more of her time to me to share her weight loss story it s not easy to share something so personal that was 15 months ago and i m not sure whether the magazine ended up publishing the story i was paid for it one of the many frustrations of being a writer so i ve decided to share helen s story here because i feel it s a story worthy of sharing hopefully i ve changed it enough to not conflict with the tabloid magazine article should they ever publish it continue reading categories articles published beyond my blog people profiles tags losingweight active women in their 50 s helen hallett shows how its done lifesavers doing their job lose weight on your own terms weight loss stories who loves their job why i lost weight permalink march 24 2017 by jenn jay leave a comment seen better days i had visions of 2017 being a year of many things getting around on a pair of crutches with a broken leg was not part of my vision it all happened on day five of our japan holiday myself with mr 18 and mr 13 were on a two week vacation in japan my other mr 13 stayed home with dad i don t like skiing mum like most trips i d done a fair amount of prior planning this was my first visit to japan and it was timed to co incide to meet up with friends for a few days in nozawa onsen always more fun if you can ski with others not just on the slopes but also the apres ski activities if you read my previous blog post on my impending japan trip you d know i was super excited to be finally visiting the land of the rising sun it was going to be a quick overview tokyo nozawa onsen and kyoto were on the list as were a bunch of activities including a sumo tournament on the last night of the sumo season had to jump through hoops to organise but things don t always go to plan do they continue reading categories feature style stories random blog thoughts tags breakaleg seenbetterdays skijapan visitscotland accidents while travelling break a leg on holidays expect the unexpected future travel plans japan pete murray pete murray seen better days lyrics ski japan ski nozawa snow monkeys travel japan visit scotland what does breaking your leg do to you what happens when you break your leg on holidays what not to do in japan permalink february 7 2017 by jenn jay leave a comment home towns or close to them caloundra isn t my home town but caloundra feels like a home 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