It’s a beautiful Sunday morning in Sydney. It’s not always necessary to travel far or travel perpetually in order to experience beauty around us. I must admit that we wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for some external event.

There was a diabetes awareness walk occurring I’m we thought we’d come and join in given how diabetes affects our family full stop the main focus of today with type 2 diabetes which is a condition on the rise, especially out in Western Sydney. In fact, this region has one of the highest growth rates of type 2 diabetes in Australia. So at 6:45 a.m. they started a fundraising walk along Toongabbie Creek. I’ve often wanted to walk along Toongabbie Creek because it seems to run into many places and I’ve never really explored it. Today was no exception. We missed the walk and ended up staying for breakfast and speeches. Having said that, it was very nice but it is also the reason why I’m here and not lazing at home on this beautiful Sunday.

One of the things that surprised me most was that the people who were here were predominantly aligned with the Australian Labor Party. That really disappointed me because I’m sure that diabetes does not pick according to political preference. So why would it be that events are so polarized across political parties? I see two lots because we all go too many events across cultural groups, political preferences and ethnicities. All the same, I would have still expected diabetes to have a little bit more universal appeal. The children are different. They don’t care about politics or charity walks or even Toongabbie Creek but they did care about the fact that we would visit the playground afterwards.

I feel like a slightly deviant parent letting them play while I stand around at the side and write a Blog. Actually, I’m not even writing I’m just dictating and the machine is doing the typing for me. I shouldn’t feel that bad really because I’m trying to be less supervisory in these situations and watch safely From a Distance. It’s something I learnt in world schooling. The idea of attachment parenting, where you do Bill the attachment and you celebrate it is being very important but neither do you let them become so attached to you but they are incapable of functioning without to being present. I don’t know if there is value in blogging in the moment, although I think that is because sometimes thoughts fade if you let them.

The playground is very interesting. There is a family here on a photo shoot with a photographer. They have two older children and a baby, I think the age gap for must be about 6 or 7 years. I think it’s nice to see a family taking such photos in a more family-friendly setting than a studio. We’re making good progress towards our goal of finding Awesomeness although I can’t report any single insight yet.

As it is we’ve had a really good week or two planning and pondering how we going to do this and what it might mean for things like our business are extended family life and all those things that we find it hard to escape like finances, houses and possessions. I can’t say that it’s easy but I think it’s lots of fun to try. It makes one feel invigorated. Now, one of the things about blogging in the moment is that the moment is always changing. As it is the children and getting a little bit bored of this playground and it’s time to move on so this blog entry will also move on to next time.