Time for reflection after a tough few weeks
I haven't blogged for quite some time. Things had been ticking along quite nicely, the Master Plan process providing a focus for my work as an elected member of the Cromwell Community Board and moving forward with continuing to build on a strong school community, as a focus for my work as a principal. The world started unravelling for me in March and my feelings of solid progress being made in my personal and professional lives were rocked - not just a little bit - but to the very core of me. Firstly with the news of my dear friend and colleague Sharon Booth's illness and with how rapidly she went from letting us know there was something wrong to the realisation that her time was very short. Secondly with severe depression for my youngest son that left him suicidal and ended in crisis and an acute admission to psychiatric care. The last six or seven weeks in particular have been exhausting and challenging as these two realities collided. It is when I am feeling low and