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ys ago I got the sad news that Peter Siozos had died suddenly at work of a h=
eart attack=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EI knew Peter =
because his daughter Nicole played with my two eldest boys in a band called =
Unusual Addiction=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EPeter, =
a quiet, unpretentious sort of guy and also a musician, was 49 years old whe=
n he passed away=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EWe devel=
oped a bit of a friendship because we were the same age and had similar inte=
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n =96 Nicole, 21 years, Alanna 19 years and Christopher 16 years and had bee=
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Verdana'=3EPeter Siozos was a private man but deep down a loving man and had=
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</SPAN=3EPeter could put his hand to anything=2E He even built the family ho=
me doing most of the work himself=2E He worked hard at his job as a mechanic=
al engineer in the coal mining industry and developed a name as one of the b=
est=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThe mining industry i=
s a tough industry and only the tough survive=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun:=
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int and he was not given to=A0verbal expressions of affection=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=
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E: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EPeter and Debra suffered the same ups and d=
owns in their marriage relationship that we all do=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spac=
erun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EHowever over the last few years their relationship=
 began to deteriorate=2E Then, eighteen months ago, a change happened for th=
e better=2E Debbie took the two younger children to visit Nicole who was liv=
ing in New Zealand=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EPeter =
missed them terribly=2E On their return, Peter began to open up more and exp=
ress his inner feelings=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EH=
e rang Nicole his daughter, in New Zealand and told her that he loved her=2E=
=A0<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0</SPAN=3ENicole was delighted=2E<S=
PAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EIn the past year Peter and De=
bra got especially close as a couple and their relationship moved to new hei=
ghts=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EOne day Peter said, =
=93You know Deb, if it weren=92t for you, I would have nothing=94=2E He bega=
n taking Debra for drives in the middle of the week and just two months ago =
Peter turned to Debra and said, =93I love you more today than=A0the day=A0I =
married you=94=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EDebra told=
 me that she felt she had found the man that she married 23 years ago=2E<SPA=
N style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EIt was like a beautiful dream c=
ome true=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EShe began to cha=
nge too and gain self confidence=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 <=
/SPAN=3EThe whole family began to blossom=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P=
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: Verdana'=3EAfter his death his son Christopher, for some reason, removed t=
he backing from one of Peter=92s favourite family photographs=2E <SPAN style=
=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0</SPAN=3EHidden behind this photo was $50 and at=
tached to it was a post-it note with the date saying, =93the first $50 Alann=
a earned=94=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EAlanna had pr=
oudly given it to him because she owed it to him=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacer=
un: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThis $50 was so precious to Peter that he took the t=
ime to label and find a special place for it=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: =
yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EPeter was proud that Alanna had kept her word and that h=
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t two days before Peter=92s death, Alanna sat down and wrote a letter to her=
 parents telling them how much she loved and appreciated them=2E<SPAN style=3D=
'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EPeter photocopied this, dated it and put =
it on the wall above his desk=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SP=
AN=3EThis letter meant the world to him=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=
=A0 </SPAN=3EI enclose a copy in our special feature by Alanna Siozos called=
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run: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EDeath will come for us all=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spa=
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e famous authors do when they have writers block, and they need to get away =
to gather their thoughts=3F The likes of Colleen McCulloch apparently hang a=
round boring places like Norfolk Island, sipping on Pina Coladas=92, looking=
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s of our Lives for his inspiration to write horror stories=2E Bryce Courtney=
, well he goes on Bert Newtons=92 morning show every now and then just to ke=
ep in touch with the real world=2E Paul Sloan (almost famous), well=85he ask=
s his wife=2E 'So Suanne, give me something inspirational, life changing, an=
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t-size: 12=2E0pt'=3EYou guessed it guys, this is an article all about nothin=
g=85almost=2E Watching Seinfeld (a show about nothing) the other night made =
me realise just how bored we can sometimes get with our own lives=2E These g=
uys can take something little and inconspicuous, and turn it into something =
so funny and thought provoking=2E Who remembers the =91Pez=92 episode, or th=
e =91Puffy Shirt=92 one =96 simple, yet effective=3F <o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E=
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=2E0pt'=3EDo you think we sometimes take for granted just how special what w=
e have is=3F Take the beach for example=2E You leave the beach on a Saturday=
 afternoon, all refreshed, touched by the beauty and serenity of the ocean, =
getting home just that little worn out, covered in dry salt and the smell of=
 the sea=2E But, Monday office-work beckons, and we forget all about the las=
t pleasurable 48 hours=2E What a shame we have to wash it off, and not exper=
ience it till the next weekend=2E Well don=92t fret=2E Just imagine this: a =
cologne that smells like the beach=2E Yep, what a concept=2E I can just see =
Deborah Hutton, the new face of<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPA=
N=3E=93Seaweed=94, cologne that =91gets you back to the beach=92=2E Oh yeah!=
! Don=92t you wish you could come up with some of the ideas that Kramer does=
, he never gets bored=85with anything=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P cla=
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o, why can=92t we just sit back, take three deep breaths and a red pill, and=
 take in what we have=2E We shouldn=92t be bored=2E We live in probably the =
most beautiful, non-political, and wealthiest country in the world=2E We hav=
e everything we could possibly need=2E Why do we complain=3F Are we spoilt=3F=
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=2E My feelings; probably all of the above=2E <o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E=
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'=3EI got to thinking tonight after watching ACA with Ray =91Rust=94 Martin =
(he gets in everywhere), and a story about a family of seven with nowhere to=
 live due to public housing shortages=2E This family have to sleep in a tent=
 on a deserted beach, swimming and fishing everyday, not going to school, ea=
ting Macca=92s every meal=85hang on a minute =96 it=92s starting to sound al=
right=2E Not quite people=2E What about the children=92s education, their fu=
ture, their outlook on society, their work ethic, their safety=3F You see, i=
t works both ways - Sometimes we can get blas=E9 about the whole situation, =
and take for granted what is really a blessing=2E And yet, in complete contr=
ast, we can confuse the situation by thinking perhaps we would like what the=
y have=2E Bizarre eh=3F<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoBlockText=
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t; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3EWe, as a society ne=
ed to focus on what is happening right under our noses=2E Sure, it=92s impor=
tant to enjoy the good things that life has to offer, but we also need to re=
cognise those elements in life that need further attention=85especially when=
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e and all it has to offer, but most importantly=85<IMG hspace=3D4 src=3D'htt=
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ife, and love and cherish your beautiful children=2E <o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E=
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doore=2E=A0 He is married with three children aged one, nine and eleven year=
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nd=2E=A0 He is a family man who hasn=92t lost his sense of humour=2E<o:p=3E<=
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eful, the speed of our lives will reduce our communication to grunts, frowns=
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a, sans-serif' color=3Dblack=3E<br=3E<a name=3D'anchor5'=3E</a=3E<b=3ESingle=
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g src=3D'http://www=2Ebosweb=2Ecom=2Eau/email=5Fblast/client=5Fimages/father=
s=5Fissue32-7th April, 2003=5Fdad=5Fdaughter=2Ejpg' align=3Dleft=3E</div=3E =
<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU=3E<FONT face=3DVerdana=3E<FONT size=3D2=3E<P class=3DMsoN=
ormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE:=
 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E<STRONG=3EThe Childcare Industry and the <=3F=
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/=3E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</STRONG=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'M=
ARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMI=
LY: Verdana'=3E<STRONG=3EDe-Fathering of Society<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</STRONG=3E</=
SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana=
'=3E=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0=
in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10=
pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E<STRONG=3EPart 5:<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: ye=
s'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EA New Vision:<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</STRONG=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P c=
lass=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN =
lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E<STRONG=3EGiv=
ing the Fathers Back to the Children<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</STRONG=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E=
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<S=
PAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3Eby Roland=
 Foster<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0=
in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10=
pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoN=
ormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-A=
U style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EThe preceding articles i=
n this series have argued that while the Federal Government=92s generosity a=
nd concern for families may be genuine, its actions are lop-sided, biased ag=
ainst non-custodial parents, and contribute to the de-fathering of society=2E=
<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0in 0in =
0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FON=
T-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal s=
tyle=3D'MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=
=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EThe crisis of fatherless childr=
en is compounded by the fact that there are few male role models working in =
childcare centres=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EAnd whe=
n children leave childcare and begin school, again it=92s women, not men, te=
aching our children=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal sty=
le=3D'MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D=
'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<=
P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SP=
AN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EAlthough t=
he childcare industry makes a significant contribution to the creation of a =
fatherless society, its influence is miniscule alongside the enormous destru=
ctive impact of the Family Law Court and the Child Support Agency=2E<o:p=3E<=
/o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEX=
T-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY=
: Verdana'=3E=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'=
MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT=
-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EHowever the example of the childcare in=
dustry serves to illustrate the cultural and philosophical perspective of po=
licy makers and legislators: that fatherhood is obsolete and has no value; p=
ost-separation fathering is something to be discouraged; the interest of fat=
hers and the impact on the relationship between fathers and their children i=
s not worthy of consideration and does not need to be factored into the poli=
cies of legislators=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal sty=
le=3D'MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D=
'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<=
P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SP=
AN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EConsequent=
ly there are few people willing to talk to fathers, and fewer still willing =
to listen to them without having their ideas filtered through the perspectiv=
e of the custodial parent and re-interpreted according to the thinking of mi=
litant feminism and the philosophies of the politically correct=2E<o:p=3E</o=
:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-=
ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: =
Verdana'=3E=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MA=
RGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-S=
IZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EThis cultural perspective embraced by our=
 legislators has meant that from the moment of separation fathers are deemed=
 to be irresponsible as parents and incapable of looking after their childre=
n=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThey have their parenta=
l authority removed from them, and are forced to submit to the controls and =
the decisions of government officials=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=
=A0 </SPAN=3EThis is done under the guise of =91helping parents manage their=
 responsibilities=92=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3ETher=
e is no such =91assistance=92 inflicted on fathers prior to separation=2E<o:=
p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt=
; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-F=
AMILY: Verdana'=3E=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal styl=
e=3D'MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D=
'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EAlongside this treatment of separa=
ted fathers, the idea of the madonna mother validates and perpetuates a cont=
inual stream of financial inducements to the custodial parent to restrict ac=
cess to the children by the non-custodial parent=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E<=
/P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=
=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E=A0<=
o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0in 0in 0=
pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT=
-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EChildren should have the right to have their fathers res=
tored to their lives=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal st=
yle=3D'MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D=
'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<=
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AN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EProfit mak=
ing private childcare businesses should get to the end of the queue where th=
e fathers now stand=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal sty=
le=3D'MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D=
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AN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EI don=92t =
care if they keep their millions but, please, let the children keep their fa=
thers=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: =
0in 0in 0pt'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Ver=
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st1:PersonName=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: V=
erdana'=3E is an non-custodial father, separated since 1997, with 5 young ch=
ildren aged between 6 and 14 years=2E=A0 </SPAN=3E<st2:GivenName=3E<SPAN lan=
g=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3ERoland</SPAN=3E<=
/st2:GivenName=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: V=
erdana'=3E is a passionate father and an active social reformer who believes=
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T-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EAustralia</SPAN=3E</st1:place=3E</st1:=
country-region=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: V=
erdana'=3E's current laws are contributing to the creation of our fatherless=
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font size=3D2=3E<a href=3D'#top'=3EBack to top</a=3E</font=3E</div=3E<br=3E<=
p=3E</p=3E</font=3E</blockquote=3E</td=3E</tr=3E<tr=3E<td width=3D578 height=
=3D13 bgcolor=3D'#ffffff' nowrap=3E<img src=3D'http://www=2Ebosweb=2Ecom=2Ea=
u/email=5Fblast/templates/fathers/template1/Generic/banner=2Ejpg' width=3D59=
5=3E</td=3E</tr=3E<tr=3E<td width=3D578 height=3D25 bgcolor=3D'#ffffff' back=
ground=3D'http://www=2Ebosweb=2Ecom=2Eau/email=5Fblast/templates/fathers/tem=
plate1/Generic/fade=2Egif'=3E<blockquote=3E<p=3E<font size=3D3 face=3D'Verda=
na, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif' color=3Dblack=3E<br=3E<a name=3D'anchor6'=3E=
</a=3E<b=3ESpecial Feature</b=3E</font=3E<font face=3D'verdana' size=3D2=3E<=
br=3E<br=3E<div=3E<img src=3D'http://www=2Ebosweb=2Ecom=2Eau/email=5Fblast/c=
lient=5Fimages/fathers=5Fissue32-7th April, 2003=5FPeter Nicole  Alanna 150=2E=
jpg' align=3Dleft=3E</div=3E <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0in 0in 0=
pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<B style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'=3E<SPAN=
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ice' /=3E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</FONT=3E</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</B=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMs=
oNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN=
-AU=3E<FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2=3ETranscript of Alanna=92s eulogy</FONT=3E=
</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN=
: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU=3E<FONT face=3DVerdana=3E<FONT size=3D2=3E=A0=
<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</FONT=3E</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D=
'MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU=3E<FONT face=
=3DVerdana size=3D2=3EThis is the hardest thing I have ever done, most likel=
y the hardest thing I will ever do=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0=
 </SPAN=3EThere are so many things I can tell you about my father but at tim=
es like these I find it hard to say anything at all=2E </FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</P=
=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E=
<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU=3E<FONT face=3DVerdana=3E<FONT size=3D2=3E=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=
=3E</FONT=3E</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0i=
n 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU=3E<FONT face=3DVerdana =
size=3D2=3ETry to imagine a love so great, a love that makes you want to dan=
ce, a love that makes you want to cry, a love that grows stronger through th=
e darkest nights, and a love you can feel even when your heart gives up and =
refuses to feel anymore=2E</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=
=3D'MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU=3E<FONT f=
ace=3DVerdana=3E<FONT size=3D2=3E=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</FONT=3E</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E=
</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify=
'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU=3E<FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2=3EThis is the kind of=
 love our family shares=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EI=
 only just realised lately that God has a love 100 times more powerful for e=
ach and every single one of us=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </S=
PAN=3EI know the kind of love that my family shares and to imagine any great=
er I can not understand=2E</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=
=3D'MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU=3E<FONT f=
ace=3DVerdana=3E<FONT size=3D2=3E=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</FONT=3E</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E=
</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify=
'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU=3E<FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2=3EBut then that would=
 also go without saying that at times like these when we lose one of the gre=
atest things in our life and the pain is unbearable it feels like someone ha=
s just grabbed your heart and squeezed it so tight and aren=92t letting go f=
or anything, that would have to say that God would be hurting so much more f=
or us and do you think God wants us to feel like that=3F</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</=
P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E=
<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU=3E<FONT face=3DVerdana=3E<FONT size=3D2=3E=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=
=3E</FONT=3E</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0i=
n 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU=3E<FONT face=3DVerdana =
size=3D2=3EEverything happens for a reason and although I cannot see the rea=
son for losing my father, I understand that there=92s no escaping this pain =
and it=92s something that everyone will go through=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spac=
erun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EI thought I can either go through this and let it =
constantly hurt me like hell every second of every day or I can accept what =
has happened and choose to stand strong, remembering the great times we all =
shared with him and know we=92ll all be together again in heaven=2E<SPAN sty=
le=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EWe just have to be patient=2E<SPAN s=
tyle=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0<IMG hspace=3D4 src=3D'http://www=2Ebosweb=2E=
com=2Eau/email=5Fblast/client=5Fimages/fathers=5Fpeter%20siozos%20180%20h=5F=
tone=2Ejpg' align=3Dright vspace=3D4 border=3D0=3E </SPAN=3EI know he is wai=
ting for us=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThese last co=
uple of days my mind hasn=92t stopped and my daddy is all I=92ve been thinki=
ng about=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3ETwo days before =
my father passed away, I had written him and mum a letter=2E<SPAN style=3D'm=
so-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EI had been staying at a friend=92s house fo=
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<FONT size=3D2=3EAlanna=92s Letter=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</FONT=3E</FONT=3E</SPAN=
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oth how much I love you both=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPA=
N=3ESo know this =2E =2E =2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3E=
I love you both more than my Fleetwood Mac DVD, more than all my friends all=
 put together and probably more than you both love me=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-s=
pacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThankyou so much for everything you have given =
me, except for my good looks, I have to give Pop all that credit=2E<SPAN sty=
le=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EDon=92t ever feel that I don=92t app=
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loving you both too=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EEven =
if I=92m not at home and it=92s raining I pray that you drive carefully espe=
cially Nicole (no explanation needed) because I worry and I don=92t ever wan=
t anything bad to happen to my family=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=
=A0 </SPAN=3EWhen I=92m at Emma=92s we sometimes sit down and chat about our=
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how great our families are and how much we love them=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-sp=
acerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EI thought I should let you know=2E<SPAN style=3D=
'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EEvery night I go to sleep I pray to God a=
nd thank him for giving me a mum with such a beautiful heart, a dad who can =
fix anything, a sister I can get along with (most of the time) and a smart g=
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if we were to lose one of us, I would thank God for having put that person i=
n my life and family at all=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=
=3EAnd I=92m very thankful that we=92re all still here together and will be =
for another 200 years=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</FONT=3E</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</I=3E</P=3E=
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ce=3DVerdana=3E<FONT size=3D2=3ESo next time you think I don=92t love you bo=
th, look in the mirror and realise how could I not love such beautiful peopl=
e=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EHow could I not love th=
e people that care about me the most, the people who would do anything for m=
e and the people who showed me how to love=3F<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: ye=
s'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3ENothing could ever replace my family, so please don=92t ev=
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 gave this to them I went upstairs and as I was on my way back down, I saw m=
y dad and he had the biggest grin on his face I have ever seen=2E<SPAN style=
=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EHe gave me the longest hug=2E<SPAN sty=
le=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EIt felt so great that he knew how im=
portant he was to me=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3ESo t=
he last memories of my dad was something so wonderful you cannot imagine and=
 every time I picture him in my head I see that huge smile=2E<SPAN style=3D'=
mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EGod made me write that letter and I=92m so=
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dad was the only one in my life who was never afraid, the one and only perso=
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s'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EHe always told me nothing bad would ever happen because he=
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r there was thunder and lightning I would always run to my parent=92s room, =
jump in between them and snuggle up and hide underneath the blankets=2E<SPAN=
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ng=92s going to be alright, and it always was!<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: y=
es'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EAnd it will always be okay=2E</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P c=
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T size=3D2=3EBecause I know he is still with us, he never left, he=92s just =
waiting for us in heaven=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3E=
Dad and Mum, thankyou so much for my life, and mum thankyou so much for shar=
ing dad with everyone=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EIf =
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MS'=3E<FONT size=3D3=3ETrust in God; trust also in me=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</FON=
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l your friends to tell them that you have forwarded the newsletter (using th=
e SEND TO A FRIEND function) or that you have subscribed them to receive it =
regularly=2E We don=92t like to upset people unnecessarily=2E <o:p=3E</o:p=3E=
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e: 12=2E0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU'=3E<FONT face=3DVerdana=3E<FONT siz=
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t-size: 12=2E0pt'=3E<FONT face=3DVerdana=3E<FONT size=3D2=3EDear Fatherhood =
Foundation<BR=3E<BR=3EI don=92t think the 'jokes' below included in the news=
letter are the least bit funny=2E<BR=3E<BR=3EThey are actually very crude st=
ereotypes that reinforce anger and hostility towards men and fathers=2E<BR=3E=
<BR=3EThis list should be sensitive to the issues of denigration of men and =
fathers, and not include this sort of offensive material=2E<BR=3E<BR=3EThese=
 'jokes' are just not funny - they are an attack on men because they describ=
e men as lazy, sexist, chauvinist, dirty, and incapable of doing housework=2E=
<BR=3E<BR=3EFathers I know work extremely hard in the office and at home=2E =
Many fathers I know struggle to put quality into their=A0relationships with =
their children under very difficult circumstances=2E<BR style=3D'mso-special=
-character: line-break'=3E<BR style=3D'mso-special-character: line-break'=3E=
<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</FONT=3E</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D=
'MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E=
0pt'=3E<FONT face=3DVerdana=3E<FONT size=3D2=3EPlease, let=92s not put men d=
own on this list=2E</FONT=3E</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal sty=
le=3D'MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'mso-bidi-font-size:=
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<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<S=
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</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; T=
EXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto'=3E=
<SPAN style=3D'mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; ms=
o-ansi-language: EN-US'=3E<FONT face=3DVerdana=3E<FONT size=3D2=3EDear Fathe=
rhood Foundation, </FONT=3E</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal styl=
e=3D'MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso=
-margin-bottom-alt: auto'=3E<SPAN style=3D'mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt; mso=
-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-ansi-language: EN-US'=3E<FONT face=3DVerdana=3E=
<FONT size=3D2=3E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</FONT=3E</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E=A0</P=3E<P class=
=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-t=
op-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto'=3E<SPAN style=3D'mso-bidi-font-si=
ze: 12=2E0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-ansi-language: EN-US'=3E<FONT=
 face=3DVerdana=3E<FONT size=3D2=3EJust a couple of comments on your email n=
ewsletter=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</FONT=3E</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNo=
rmal style=3D'MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: =
auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto'=3E<SPAN style=3D'mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E=
0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-ansi-language: EN-US'=3E<FONT face=3DV=
erdana=3E<FONT size=3D2=3ENormally I really enjoy reading it=2E My father ge=
ts it downloaded at work, and both he and I have benefited from it =96 him f=
rom the tips and general reminders on the importance of being a good father,=
 and myself from being able to see a) how lucky I have been to have the best=
 father in the world =96 one who gives me a unique insight into how God the =
Father sees me and wants to relate to me, and b) from having the chance to s=
ee from another father=92s point of view that being a father isn=92t always =
easy, and that Dad=92s are still learning how to do their job, be role model=
s, and often don=92t have all the answers, as we kids assume=2E Your newslet=
ter has given me, as a daughter, and a youth leader a greater respect for my=
 father, and a greater passion to see the fathers of the kids I work with be=
 the fathers their kids need them to be!<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</FONT=3E</FONT=3E</S=
PAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: j=
ustify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto'=3E<SPAN style=
=3D'mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-ansi-lang=
uage: EN-US'=3E<FONT face=3DVerdana=3E<FONT size=3D2=3EHowever, in the middl=
e of all that seriousness, one of my favourite parts of the newsletter is th=
e jokes and funnies that go in there =96 my dad preaches a lot, and keeps al=
l his jokes in one folder =96 and so I always make sure the jokes from the F=
atherhood newsletter go in there, as they crack me up=2E But in this week=92=
s issue, I found all of the jokes to be very negative towards men=2E As a wo=
man, it is very easy, especially with the Australian humour, to get caught u=
p in =91man-bashing=92 =96 but I have found in my life that if I do it enoug=
h, I find myself respecting the men in my life less, especially my father, b=
rothers and boyfriend=2E I have also learned that respect seems to be someth=
ing that the guys in my life crave =96 and I would go so far as to suggest t=
hat for most fathers and husbands, one of the most important factors for a h=
ealthy relationship is mutual respect and encouragement=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</F=
ONT=3E</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0in 0in =
0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: a=
uto'=3E<SPAN style=3D'mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN=
-AU; mso-ansi-language: EN-US'=3E<FONT face=3DVerdana=3E<FONT size=3D2=3EThe=
 jokes in this week=92s newsletter did not encourage anyone to respect men=2E=
 My father often does more housework and practical =91housewifey=92 jobs tha=
n the rest of my family put together =96 something which I know my mother re=
ally appreciates, and which has become a great model for me, as well as for =
my brothers=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</FONT=3E</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMso=
Normal style=3D'MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt=
: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto'=3E<SPAN style=3D'mso-bidi-font-size: 12=
=2E0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-ansi-language: EN-US'=3E<FONT face=3D=
Verdana=3E<FONT size=3D2=3EIn that light, as well as the idea of setting an =
example of making our speech uplifting and encouraging, I would have to say =
that I wasn=92t thrilled about the jokes this week =96 the rest of the newsl=
etter was fantastic, as always=2E I do support your work greatly, and apprec=
iate the time and effort you would put in to highlighting this issue with th=
e general public =96 as a daughter and a youth worker =96 I thank you=2E<o:p=
=3E</o:p=3E</FONT=3E</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MA=
RGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin=
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t-language: EN-AU; mso-ansi-language: EN-US'=3E<FONT face=3DVerdana=3E<FONT =
size=3D2=3EMay God bless you hugely as you keep serving Him!</FONT=3E</FONT=3E=
</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN=
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al in memory of her father=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3E=
Although Peter did not go to church he loved this song and used to sing it a=
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ONT face=3D'Comic Sans MS' size=3D3=3E=A9 Reuben Morgan 1995</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E=
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