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=A0 </SPAN=3EThis is what is called a paradox=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun:=
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/SPAN=3EIt=92s the best business/management book I=92ve ever read=2E<SPAN st=
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'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EPut another way, a dollar investment in a=
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-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThese are extraordinary numbers, made all the=
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<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EOne of the fundamental reas=
ons for success is the ability to confront the brutal facts (yet never lose =
faith)=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3ECollins tells the =
story of Admiral Jim Stockdale who was a prisoner of war for eight years dur=
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dale lived out the war without any prisoner=92s rights, no set release date,=
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vail in the end (which you can never afford to lose) with the discipline to =
confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever <IMG hspace=
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erdana'=3EThis rule for success in business is also a rule for success as a =
father=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThe only reason th=
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ought=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EIf you continue to =
lie you will never be a successful father=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes=
'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EYou will disappoint your wife, your children and eventually=
, yourself=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MAR=
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=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EThe editor of <B =
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yer, wrote a brilliant article called, =91Ask the Children=92 (Issue #12 =96=
 18<SUP=3Eth</SUP=3E November, 2002=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0=
 </SPAN=3EBack issues are available on our website at www=2Efathersonline=2E=
org)=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EHow else are you goi=
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n add one thing to his comment=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </S=
PAN=3EYou might also ask your wife=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0=
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u free=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3ETo paraphrase Jim =
Stockdale=92s words, =91You must never confuse faith that you will become a =
greater father - which you can never afford to lose - with the discipline to=
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your wife and children to rate you as a father and give you suggestions for =
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lar readers out there will by now have noticed a trend happening within my a=
rticles=2E The trend is the issue of time, and we choose to spend that time=2E=
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=2E And you certainly don=92t need me to inform you of the importance to all=
ocate wisely what little spare time we do have=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun=
: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EI suppose, in a nutshell, it is the economical theory =
of opportunity cost; what do we =91lose=92 when we opt to allocate our time =
in favour of the other options available=3F<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P =
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ze: 12=2E0pt'=3EIt occurred to me just yesterday as I was leaving work, that=
 the way we choose to live our own lives is often in contrast to that of our=
 friends/workmates/family=2E Every Friday night (nearly every) myself and an=
other gentleman choose to meet at our Church/Community Centre where we cook =
up 100 sausage sandwiches for the hungry 5-13 year olds=2E Not only do we ge=
t to help out in a constructive way, but also able to practice our culinary =
skills with the nasty morsel of something called sausages=2E <o:p=3E</o:p=3E=
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na; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3EI have been in my current place of emplo=
yment for just on twelve months now, and every Friday night I finish about 5=
pm, quite earlier than normal knock off time=2E No questions are asked; we j=
ust go about our business=2E However, last night as I entered the boss=92s o=
ffice to say goodbye, I felt the need to let him know why I was going early,=
 and what it is I do on Friday nights=2E Well, the reaction I received was n=
ot the usual =93Going early again are we=3F=94 type of cynicism, it was quit=
e the opposite=2E When I told him I was going to cook up some snags for the =
kids, he was both taken aback, and challenged at the same time=2E Straight a=
way he voiced his approval, followed by the thought that perhaps he should b=
e doing something other than working late Friday nights=2E Now here is a 50-=
year-old man, successful beyond the dreams of many businessman, seriously co=
ntemplating the way he chooses to allocate his time=2E <o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=
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o-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3EI hear you ask; will anything eventuate from t=
his=3F Will he work less this week and spend more time with the family=3F Wi=
ll he forget about it all in a couple of minutes as he resumes work=3F Proba=
bly=85probably not=2E We will never know what sort of impact this little cha=
llenge will have on him=2E But, what we do know is this: we all have opportu=
nities to reflect on our distribution of precious time=2E We can all structu=
re our lives to add in a little more time with the kids=2E You don=92t have =
to cook snags every Friday night to feel you are doing something worthwhile,=
 that=92s MY choice=2E You can choose to finish early Friday night and have =
a BBQ down at the local beach; you can take in a movie with the family; you =
can have a day off from work<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3E=
- spur of the moment, and surprise the wife with a lunch date=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=
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left vspace=3D3 border=3D0=3EWhatever we choose to do with our time not only=
 affects us, it affects the whole family, our circle of friends, and eventua=
lly our contentment with life=2E Just this morning, I jumped in the pool wit=
h our two year old =96 my wife was out at a women=92s breakfast, so it was a=
n opportunity for father and son time=2E It was so good, didn=92t take a who=
le heap of organising, just half an hour of sharing each other=92s company=85=
we had a ball!! We all have the ability to juggle our schedules, make a comm=
itment to family time, and realise that our families mean more to us than an=
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'=3EOpportunity Cost=3F You will lose nothing, and gain much=2E Remember tha=
t old saying that the late Dr Ed Cole used to say=85How do you spell Love=85=
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t; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E</SPAN=3E</SPAN=3EPaul Sloan is an accountant work=
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d=A0thirteen years=2E Paul is an active surfer who lives on the Sunshine Coa=
st=A0in Queensland=2E He is a family man who hasn't lost his sense of humour=
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age of innocence=2E It was pouring outside=2E The kind of rain that gushes o=
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<FONT color=3D#330099=3ESometimes, best intentions notwithstanding, things j=
ust don't work out the way we intend=2E If you're also a single parent, I do=
n't suppose you need me to tell you about that=2E <o:p=3E</o:p=3E</FONT=3E</=
SPAN=3E</P=3E<P=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-=
bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3E<FONT color=3D#330099=3EYears ago, I married a m=
arvelous woman; mostly because she was beautiful but also because she was th=
e most hard working, dedicated, honest and dependable person I had ever met=2E=
 Our marriage was the single most valuable thing in my life, from the first =
day to the day it was over=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P=3E<SP=
AN style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E=
0pt'=3E<FONT color=3D#330099=3EWe were a team, and it was a wonderful thing =
to be part of it=2E My wife loved me, cared for me, pulled me along when I f=
elt that I could go no further, pushed me in the right direction when I coul=
d not see the way, stood by me through life's darkest moments and stood over=
 me when I was down=2E <o:p=3E</o:p=3E</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P=3E<SPAN sty=
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<FONT color=3D#330099=3EI loved her more than life and I was grateful beyond=
 words that life put us together=2E There was never a day that went by that =
I didn't appreciate her, the gift that she was, and the gifts that she gave =
me=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 1=
0pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3E<FONT color=3D#33=
0099=3EAs only a woman can do, she gave me life, four beautiful children thr=
ough whose eyes I have been able to relive all of life's magic and mystery=2E=
 Waiting up for Santa, amusement parks that seem to have no end, clowns that=
 are marvelously funny, catching that first fish, the shiny new bike, woods =
where fairies and goblins dwell - she made it possible for me to vicariously=
 reenact childhood, but with the ability to control it this time around and =
try to make it perfect for all of us, over and over again=2E <o:p=3E</o:p=3E=
</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Ve=
rdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3E<FONT color=3D#330099=3EPeople found =
us peculiar and I think, perhaps, too good to be true=2E In real life, peopl=
e just don't love each other like that=2E It was our policy that, 'If we can=
't all go, we don't go=2E' While I suppose there must have been much we did =
not do, I cannot recall missing out on a thing=2E I do have clear recollecti=
ons of so many marvelous things that we did together=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</FONT=
=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana;=
 mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3E<FONT color=3D#330099=3EUnfortunately, noth=
ing good lasts forever and it seems that the better a thing is, the more inv=
iolable the rule=2E I never thought it possible but, whatever it was that ce=
mented or souls together, it went away=2E I don't know how, I don't know whe=
re and I cannot begin to imagine why but the day came that she was here for =
me no longer=2E <o:p=3E</o:p=3E</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P=3E<SPAN style=3D'F=
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color=3D#330099=3EYounger than I, and lacking life's experience, I suppose t=
here were things she had to do=2E At any rate, she met the man she felt was =
best for her and went her separate way=2E It happened over night and nobody =
who knew us could believe it=2E To so many people, we were the perfect marri=
age and ours was a marriage that they could believe in; for my friends and f=
amily, it was a faith shattering disappointment to see us fail=2E<o:p=3E</o:=
p=3E</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY=
: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3E<FONT color=3D#330099=3EIn retros=
pect, perhaps I had, 'too many eggs in one basket=2E' When she left, my wife=
, business partner, the mother of my children, the only person I ever really=
 trusted and confided in, and the best friend I had in the world went with h=
er=2E <o:p=3E</o:p=3E</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-SIZE: =
10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3E<FONT color=3D#3=
30099=3ESome of it was ugly, and it was all intolerably painful, but in the =
years we had together she was everything a wife and mother could be=2E More =
than that, she gave me everything in the world that means anything to me; al=
though we'll never again share the kind of love that makes a marriage, Lord =
knows, I will always owe her for that=2E <o:p=3E</o:p=3E</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</=
P=3E<P=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font=
-size: 12=2E0pt'=3E<FONT color=3D#330099=3EThere could never have been a goo=
d time to leave but, in a way, I think she chose the best time that she coul=
d=2E She certainly didn't bail on us, she left us when we were winning, when=
 life looked good and there were no storms in sight=2E I sincerely wish her =
well=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P style=3D'TEXT-ALIGN: center=
' align=3Dcenter=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #cc0000; FONT-FAMI=
LY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial'=3EFair weather friends are the bes=
t of friends<BR=3EWhen the seas and the skies are blue<BR=3EWhen fair winds =
blow, they'll share your sun<BR=3EThe image of steady and true</SPAN=3E<SPAN=
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k<BR=3EYou'll find yourself alone<BR=3EThey'll avoid the risk and shirk the =
work <BR=3ETo get you safely home</SPAN=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FO=
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'=3EA foul-weather friend, though thick and thin<BR=3EWill stand and see thi=
ngs through <BR=3E'Til life's storms end, they can leave you then, <BR=3EWhe=
n your seas and skies are blue</SPAN=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-=
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<I=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-siz=
e: 12=2E0pt'=3ETo Dee, wherever life carries you, whatever you do, I wish yo=
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l mso-bidi-font-family:=3E<o:p=3EBill Branscum is a divorced father who has =
taken up the cause of supporting other single dads=2E His website <A href=3D=
'http://www=2Ebosweb=2Ecom=2Eau/email=5Fblast/rr=2Easp=3Fs=3D1708&v=3D55&c=3D=
21&u=3Dhttp://www=2Emrmoms=2Eorg'=3Ewww=2Emrmoms=2Eorg</A=3E is an interesti=
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si-language: EN-AU'=3EBy Ron Hellyer<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3D=
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si-language: EN-AU'=3E=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'mso-ansi-languag=
e: EN-AU'=3E=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'M=
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Well, in nature the young leave from the nest when they are ready to fly and=
 fend for themselves=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal st=
yle=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'mso-ansi-language:=
 EN-AU'=3EWell, in real life we (my wife and I), had planned for our childre=
n to leave our nest at the time we felt they were ready=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</S=
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EN-AU style=3D'mso-ansi-language: EN-AU'=3EThe past few years have been spen=
t preparing mentally, training financially and collecting various items nece=
ssary in common household life=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMs=
oNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'mso-ansi=
-language: EN-AU'=3EDiscussion often centred around when each of the childre=
n would or might move out and how they would set up house=2E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<=
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si-language: EN-AU'=3EOver the past few months a general disquiet in our<IMG=
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0=3E oldest daughter of 17 years culminated in her decision to move out on h=
er own=2E I had to go to Adelaide and we asked her to wait at least until I =
returned=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGI=
N: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'mso-ansi-language: EN-AU'=3EI =
came home and walked into a 1/2 empty room=2E My other daughter shared it wi=
th her, however, to me it may as well been empty=2E She was gone!!<o:p=3E</o=
:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SP=
AN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'mso-ansi-language: EN-AU'=3E=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPA=
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EN-AU style=3D'mso-ansi-language: EN-AU'=3ESullenness overcame me, not so mu=
ch that we knew she may go, but that it actually had happened and I had no t=
ime to process it, discuss it with my wife or do what fathers are supposed t=
o do as their children take on an adventurous course and require last minute=
 instruction=2E A sudden 17=2E75 years in our house stopped-bang-hit the wal=
l!<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0c=
m 0pt'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'mso-ansi-language: EN-AU'=3E=A0<o:p=3E<=
/o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<=
SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'mso-ansi-language: EN-AU'=3EWe went around to see=
 her after she finished at work the day I returned home but I was not a conv=
ersationalist=2E I looked around the little miners cottage that she was rent=
ing=2E Two little bedrooms, one <IMG hspace=3D3 src=3D'http://www=2Ebosweb=2E=
com=2Eau/email=5Fblast/client=5Fimages/fathers=5Froom%20125=2Ejpg' align=3Dl=
eft vspace=3D3 border=3D0=3Elounge room and no furniture, an outside laundry=
 and no washing machine and a couple of shopping bags containing a new elect=
ric jug and some food=2E Instinctively the locks on windows, doors and fence=
s became the centre of my attention=2E Check the cooler, heating =96 gas, no=
 heater, it=92ll come later=2E Are the blinds and curtains any good=3F What =
will we get her for Christmas=3F A whole new house! This was not where I wan=
ted her to be but it was her decision-do I support her=3F or carry on findin=
g everything wrong with her physical decision and convey that to her in a ma=
nner that will separate our father =96daughter personal relationship=2E<o:p=3E=
</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E=
<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'mso-ansi-language: EN-AU'=3E=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</=
SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN lang=
=3DEN-AU style=3D'mso-ansi-language: EN-AU'=3EIn all, this episode took four=
 days of agony, pain, annoyance, struggle and unbearableness to be with befo=
re I was able to speak with my wife and friends about how I felt=2E<o:p=3E</=
o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<S=
PAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'mso-ansi-language: EN-AU'=3E=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SP=
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EN-AU style=3D'mso-ansi-language: EN-AU'=3EYou see there is commandment in t=
he bible, love one another as you would have them love you=2E This is a comm=
andment, not a warm and fuzzy ideal=2E As a parent I had to support my daugh=
ter in her decision, right or wrong-because <B=3E<SPAN style=3D'COLOR: purpl=
e'=3EI love her=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</B=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMs=
oNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'mso-ansi=
-language: EN-AU'=3EI had to work through this with my wife-because <B=3E<SP=
AN style=3D'COLOR: fuchsia'=3EI love her=2E</SPAN=3E</B=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P =
class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D=
'mso-ansi-language: EN-AU'=3E<B=3E<SPAN style=3D'COLOR: fuchsia'=3E<o:p=3E</=
o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</B=3E</SPAN=3E=A0</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN:=
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ering is hard and pain and struggles are inevitable, but relationships are p=
aramount=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGI=
N: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'mso-ansi-language: EN-AU'=3EMy=
 daughter invited me for lunch last Thursday-the invitation was by SMS=2E Sh=
e said later that telephone calls are too expensive=2E (I think the fact tha=
t she has to pay now rather than me hit home very quickly) We had a lovely l=
unch on chairs and with a table she acquired=2E I was able to tell her how I=
 felt when I arrived home and we agreed to=A0do=A0lunch =A0regularly=2E</SPA=
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<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU styl=
e=3D'mso-ansi-language: EN-AU'=3EI have an erase option on my phone to remov=
e the text messages=2E I am not going to use it because I have a record of m=
y daughter communicating to me the most important message we as fathers all =
need to hear regularly-<EM=3E<STRONG=3EI love you Dad=2E</STRONG=3E</EM=3E</=
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3pt 0pt 0cm'=3E<SPAN style=3D'mso-ansi-language: EN-US'=3ERon Hellyer has be=
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n: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3Efather of five children (plus extras)=2E Ron is manag=
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NT face=3D'Comic Sans MS'=3E<FONT color=3Dmediumvioletred=3E<STRONG=3EYou mu=
st never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end - which you can neve=
r afford to lose - with the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of =
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=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Prisoner of war for eight years during <o:p=3E</=
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<a name=3D'anchor8'=3E</a=3E<b=3ENews & Info</b=3E</font=3E<font face=3D'ver=
dana' size=3D2=3E<br=3E<br=3E<div=3E<img src=3D'http://www=2Ebosweb=2Ecom=2E=
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r=3E<B style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'=
mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3EFATHER TO THE FATHERLESS<IMG hspace=3D4 src=3D=
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12=2E0pt'=3EA funeral service for this great Australian will be held in </SP=
AN=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3EKalgoorlie =
WA <o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0=
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'mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3ETo read a tribute to this very special man =
and to view a photograph of him, follow the links under =91media releases=92=
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708&v=3D55&c=3D21&u=3Dhttp://www=2Efathersonline=2Eorg/'=3Ewww=2Efathersonli=
ne=2Eorg</A=3E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P=3E=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=
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=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F</P=3E<P clas=
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'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3ECOMMUNITY WORKING GROUP FOR MEN UN=
DERGOING SEPARATION<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</U=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt;=
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al style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10=
pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EThe Illawarra division of General practise has r=
ecognised the impact of separation on men and fathers=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-s=
pacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3ETo address this need in the community, the IDGP=
 is interested in developing a community working group to tackle separation =
issues relating to men=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt;=
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al style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10=
pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EAn introductory meeting to help establish this w=
orking group will be held on <B style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'=3EMon=
day 1<SUP=3Est</SUP=3E Dec 2003 </B=3Efrom<B style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight: =
normal'=3E 7pm-9pm </B=3Eat the IDGP offices (address below)=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E=
</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN la=
ng=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: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN=
 lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EInterested p=
arties are invited to attend on the night or to submit ideas, strategies or =
agenda suggestions via the contact details set out below=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</=
SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN lang=
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ng=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EIllawarra Divis=
ion of General Practice<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal st=
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ONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3ESuite 3, Level 1,<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P cla=
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AN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EWollongong=
 (enter through West St entrance)<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMs=
oNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZ=
E: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EFor details or to forward submissions<o:p=3E=
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<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EContact=
 Beth Bignell<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MAR=
GIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY=
: Verdana'=3EPh: 02 4226 7052<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNor=
mal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 1=
0pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EEmail: bbignell@idgp=2Eorg=2Eau<o:p=3E</o:p=3E<=
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</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P=3E=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=
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AN 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: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E=
<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EDear Fa=
therhood Foundation<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D=
'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FON=
T-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E<BR=3EJust a hello from very proud Dad=
 who is over the moon to have seen your television ad in Townsville N=2EQ=2E=
<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EI have not been able to fin=
d any support for good fathers and how important and uplifting being a great=
 dad is=2E I'm only an ordinary Aussie bloke, but hope to be able to give su=
pport in any way possible as I read more about your activities=2E There are =
lots of dads out here like myself, we haven't got thousands of dollars to sp=
are, but we will get there - please don't disappear!<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E=
</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 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: 0cm 0cm =
0pt'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E=
Yours sincerely<BR=3EMatthew Robert Reid<BR=3E<A href=3D'mailto:matthewreid0=
2@bigpond=2Ecom'=3Ematthewreid02@bigpond=2Ecom</A=3E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E=
</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-A=
U 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: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN lang=3DE=
N-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=
=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=
=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNorma=
l style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10p=
t; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNo=
rmal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: =
10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt; mso-fareast-langua=
ge: EN-AU'=3EDear Fatherhood Foundation<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P clas=
s=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FO=
NT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt; mso-farea=
st-language: EN-AU'=3E=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU styl=
e=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt; ms=
o-fareast-language: EN-AU'=3EI was also told by my step daughter not to skip=
 along the road towards her while she was waiting in the car=2E<SPAN style=3D=
'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EI picked her up from high school and on t=
he way we had to pick up her sister from primary school=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso=
-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EAs we left the class room I wanted to have so=
me fun with my little girl, however my big girl wanted to bury her head in t=
he back seat of my car as we skipped 200 metres to our car=2E<SPAN style=3D'=
mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EIt wasn=92t that she was ashamed of us=2E<=
SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EIt was as she=A0said it,=A0=91=
What if my friends=A0had seen=A0you=92=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P cl=
ass=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN l=
ang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-si=
ze: 12=2E0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU'=3E=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E=
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<S=
PAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-fo=
nt-size: 12=2E0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU'=3EThis is where we as adults=
 go wrong=2E We tell our children to =91grow up and act your age!=92<SPAN st=
yle=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EWe also tell each other=2E<SPAN sty=
le=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EWe need to remember to be young at h=
eart and enjoy our children=92s company=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=
=A0 </SPAN=3EWe won=92t have them forever and they won=92t have us=2E<SPAN s=
tyle=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EBut we will have the grand kids an=
d my little buddy is great=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3E=
We =91High five, low five, ha ha, you missed, too slow=92=2E<SPAN style=3D'm=
so-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EHe is my big girl=92s son=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E=
</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN=
: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verda=
na; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU'=3E=A0<o:p=3E<=
/o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEX=
T-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY=
: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU'=3EWe w=
ere created to have a relationship with=A0God=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun:=
 yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EIn the word it says to, =91Come to me like little child=
ren=92=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EWe may be big adul=
ts=A0but let=92s enjoy our lives, enjoy each other and have some real fun an=
d see our Lord move in our lives=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3D=
MsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-S=
IZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt; mso-fareast-l=
anguage: EN-AU'=3E=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal styl=
e=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FON=
T-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU=
'=3ESo have fun swinging around street signs=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E=
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU styl=
e=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt; ms=
o-fareast-language: EN-AU'=3E=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMso=
Normal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE=
: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt; mso-fareast-lang=
uage: EN-AU'=3EGod bless you<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNorm=
al style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10=
pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt; mso-fareast-language=
: EN-AU'=3E=A0Arthur<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=
=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT=
-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E</SPAN=3E=A0</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: =
0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Ver=
dana'=3E=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=
=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=
=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F</SPAN=3E</P=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt=
; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=
=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bi=
di-font-size: 12=2E0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU'=3EDear Fatherhood Found=
ation,<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0c=
m 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verda=
na; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU'=3E=A0<o:p=3E<=
/o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<=
SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-f=
ont-size: 12=2E0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU'=3EThanks for the newsletter=
=2E The Fatherhood Foundation is doing a lot of good work=2E I completely en=
dorse the 12 Point Plan re Shared Custody=2E <o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<=
P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=
=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt; mso=
-fareast-language: EN-AU'=3E=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoN=
ormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE:=
 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt; mso-fareast-langu=
age: EN-AU'=3EI cannot understand why good fathers, who want to continue bri=
nging up their children after separation/divorce, can't be allowed to do so=2E=
<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EI've been lobbying for this=
 for 17 years, but the likelihood of shared parenting seems even more remote=
=2E Any changes now will be small and concessional=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spac=
erun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EIf only the legislators knew the sheer horror fath=
ers=A0and their children suffer at the hands of the Family Court, changes wo=
uld be made=2E <o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'M=
ARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMI=
LY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU'=3E=A0=
<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm =
0pt'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; ms=
o-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU'=3EIt breaks my hear=
t to see good young fathers today, go through what I have suffered for 18 ye=
ars, and for their plight to=A0go unheeded, particularly by mainstream churc=
hes and political parties=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNorm=
al style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10=
pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt; mso-fareast-language=
: EN-AU'=3E=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MA=
RGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMIL=
Y: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU'=3EChi=
ldren need their biological fathers=2E I wish I could change this dreadful l=
aw=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm=
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a; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU'=3E=A0<o:p=3E</=
o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<S=
PAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-fo=
nt-size: 12=2E0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU'=3EYours sincerely,<o:p=3E</o=
:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SP=
AN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-fon=
t-size: 12=2E0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU'=3E=A0Ian Windsor=A0=A0=A0<o:p=
=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=
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ILY: Verdana'=3EJust dropping a brief note of thanks for the great job the '=
Fathersonline'<BR=3ETeam is doing by continually sending out the weekly news=
letter=2E<BR=3E=A0<BR=3EI reckon it's great=2E=A0=A0 Every Monday morning I =
open my e-mails and I am reminded not only how great it is to be a Father bu=
t also the<BR=3Eresponsibility I have to be the best Dad I can possibly be=2E=
=A0=A0 Thanks for the articles - they are relative, practical and a source o=
f ongoing inspiration and encouragement=2E=A0=A0 I take every opportunity to=
 forward them to my friends many of them who are themselves Fathers=2E=A0=A0=
 Let=92s face, I don't think you can ever give too much encouragement=2E<BR=3E=
=A0<BR=3EAgain Well Done to yourself and your team=2E=A0=A0 Keep up the Grea=
t Work<BR=3E=A0<BR=3ESincerest Regards from a 'Fellow Father'=2E<BR=3E=A0<BR=
=3ERobert Lo Surdo<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D=
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AR FATHERHOOD FOUNDATION<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal s=
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rdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU'=3EJust want=
 to say thank you for your encouragement=2E=A0 Your ministry is a great way =
of being servants to our Lord Jesus Christ=2E</SPAN=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU sty=
le=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt; mso-fareast-langua=
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dana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU'=3EI am a hus=
band thinking of having children=2E=A0 I have been unlucky enough to have be=
en a child of a broken marriage=2E=A0 I find it hard to model my life on my =
father considering he was not a believer, and he was a violent man=2E=A0 You=
r encouragement to be a good father continues me to base my efforts on imita=
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