Below is a poem I wrote(along with a friend Samantha) when we were in grade 11. It was chosen to go in a book, called "My Queensland Family". Hope you like it! *S*
I love a sunburnt family,
Families are for loving,
Rivalry amongst siblings,
Being there for one another,
Families come in all sizes,
So a little bit about my family wouldn't go astray here I guess. *S*
Anyway, dad was a cook, later a chef and finally a Catering Officer in the airforce and dragged us around as a good little RAAF family! *LOL* He retired from the RAAF in 1989. From there, he did mainly security work (Armoured Vans) until one day he was help up at gunpoint. Mum wouldn't let him go back after that! *S*
Now mum had a lot of jobs when we were kids. But her jobs were mainly nightshift stuff, so she could be home with us during the day. She ended up becoming a Registered Nurse in 1981.
My brother, his wife Angela, mum, dad and grandma at the wedding! *S*
FAMILIES TO THE AVERAGE TEENAGE AUSSIE!
With flooding argumental rains,
Of jealousy that arises,
And nobody to blame.
Showing that you care,
Some have abusing parents,
They are not all that rare.
For the parent's attention,
Competing with one another,
Causing lots of tension.
In times of good and bad,
Helping when one is needed,
Is a never ending fad.
Nuclear, blended and ones on loan,
But the one I love the best,
Is the one I call my own.
~My Parents~
Well.....where to start??? Let's see...mum and dad met when they were both in the RAAF (Royal Australian Airforce). Mum picked dad up (mainly coz he was a young drunken man!) and they fell in love! They got married on April 26 1968. Mum discharged from the airforce and was soon to become a mum! *LOL*
That baby was my brother Adrian, but I will talk about him a bit lower!
He then went on to Queensland's Parliament House and is a security guard there. Quite a cushy position too! Not too strenuous for an old fart like dad! *LOL*
From there, she did many certificates, specialising in Renal Dyalisis, and Midwifery. Midwifery is the was to go for mum, because she is a sucker for babies! She is still hanging on to the day she will be a grandma! *LOL*
Mum is currently doing a Bachelor Of Nursing Science at uni at the moment and will graduate in July 2000! We are really proud of her!*S*
~My Brothers~
My brother, Adrian was born on March 16 1969. He was an only child until my other brother Bayden was born. Unfortunately, Bayden died a short while later. I was then born a year after that!
Adrian and I had a weird relationship when we were growing up. He was feicely protective of me, but used to still play the heavy and bully me at the same time.
I guess being shifted around a lot (thanks to the RAAF),we were kinda close. Hey I was protective of him too!! I remember heading up the road to knee a boy in the, well....where it hurts, at the ripe age of seven because he said something horrible about my brother!
Well....my brother was always into planes and things...mainly because of the Airforce upbringing I guess and he wanted to be a pilot. Unfortunately, due to a stuff up by a doctor in an operation on his eyes, the airforce wouldn't accept him! Can you imagine having all your hopes crushed like that when you were a teenager? Well, he gave up and didn't bother too much with study.
To cut a long story short, he worked his way up to Produce Manager at Coles, fell in love, got married and is now a proud dad to a German Shepherd, Khan and three persians!
Well that is a little family background. I will put a few more pics on here to finish up this page when we get one scanned! *S*
