It is Christmas day today for everyone. I had a Christmas party on the 23rd so we celebrated with friends and family. We had lots of food and good fellowship with laughter and a few memories shared. I am under the weather today with a head cold and the flu so I will probably go back to bed for a bit. It is just me and Ed today.
I was thinking back and I remembered all the years of children’s laughter and fun of opening gifts year after year with my grandchildren and children. Christmas doesn’t feel quite the same anymore. It’s lost its spark and fun of the day.
I got some socks and a snuggy blanket from my friend. I got a Tim Horton’s Tim card for coffee that was cool too.
I got a phone call from my brother this morning. His wife Karen is in the hospital with some knee and arthritis problems. She has been there for about a month. She can’t walk and she has her good days and bad days. Josh was sad that he had a tree up and no one to share it with.
I was glad to hear from Vinny on Facebook it made my Christmas. I gave him my phone number. Maybe someday he will call me in the future.
I’m going to visit with Jackie (daughter) tomorrow on Boxing Day and deliver presents and gifts for my granddaughters Jauna and Jayden. My great grandson Adrian’s first Christmas this year so that will be a treat to give him a few presents and see his reaction.
I hope everyone has a Happy and Merry Christmas today and has fun enjoying your children and opening presents and all that mushy stuff. Cherish the memories and give your kids an extra hug or two.
Saturday, December 25, 2010
Monday, December 20, 2010
DAY 2097
The month of December has almost flown right by us all. I cannot believe it will be Christmas in 4 days. I will be one of those last minute shoppers on Christmas Eve this year, I think. It has been a busy month of meetings and advocacy.
I follow the activity of the Children’s Aid Society rallies that have been happening across Ontario. I commend all the advocates for keeping Bill 131 for Oversight of the CAS’s in Ontario by the Ombudsman in the forefront of our minds and lives. There will be changes in the New Year for 2011. Everyone has resolutions that they promise to keep for a new beginning. I am hoping it will be a year for change, prosperity and finding lost family and friends.
I still think of Vinny and Paige on a daily basis. I still write in my diary every day, week, month and now years. I haven’t written any poetry for awhile. That is something I should continue. I just need a moment of silence and peace, which I don’t get very often unless I’m asleep.
I came across Canada Court Watch’s website and they have been approached by a lawyer to start a CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT against the College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers. I will stay tuned for that case and definitely give some input of this in the new year. When we were fighting in the family court system from 2005 until 2007 we had 33 social workers/child protection workers involved in our case; 3 of them were Registered Social workers.
http://www.canadacourtwatch.com/content/class-action-lawsuit-against-ontario-college-social-workers-and-social-service-workers
We are here to protect children and families from the Children's Aid Society!!
Thank you for your support!!
I follow the activity of the Children’s Aid Society rallies that have been happening across Ontario. I commend all the advocates for keeping Bill 131 for Oversight of the CAS’s in Ontario by the Ombudsman in the forefront of our minds and lives. There will be changes in the New Year for 2011. Everyone has resolutions that they promise to keep for a new beginning. I am hoping it will be a year for change, prosperity and finding lost family and friends.
I still think of Vinny and Paige on a daily basis. I still write in my diary every day, week, month and now years. I haven’t written any poetry for awhile. That is something I should continue. I just need a moment of silence and peace, which I don’t get very often unless I’m asleep.
I came across Canada Court Watch’s website and they have been approached by a lawyer to start a CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT against the College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers. I will stay tuned for that case and definitely give some input of this in the new year. When we were fighting in the family court system from 2005 until 2007 we had 33 social workers/child protection workers involved in our case; 3 of them were Registered Social workers.
http://www.canadacourtwatch.com/content/class-action-lawsuit-against-ontario-college-social-workers-and-social-service-workers
We are here to protect children and families from the Children's Aid Society!!
Thank you for your support!!
Monday, December 13, 2010
House of Horrors update in stoney creek
http://www.thespec.com/news/crime/article/300794--absence-of-interpreter-delays-child-confinement-case-again
Absence of interpreter delays child confinement case again
December 13, 2010
For the second time, the absence of an interpreter has delayed the court case involving two small children who were locked in a filthy basement bedroom.
A sentencing hearing was to take place yesterday but has been put off until February after an Italian interpreter travelling from Windsor got snowed in and didn’t make the trip to Hamilton.
A mother, her boyfriend and a grandmother have each been found guilty of two counts of confinement, abandonment and failing to provide the necessaries of life. The grandmother — who has had a court-certified interpreter throughout the trial — is also guilty of assault. A publication ban prohibits the naming of the guilty because doing so might identify the children.
The brothers, aged two and five, lived in a squalid, windowless cellar room. They were only rescued when police responded to a 911 call made by the toddler when he escaped from his locked room through a hole he made in the wall.
Earlier in the trial, the case had to be put over when the Italian interpreter called in sick and a last-minute replacement could not be found.
This time, Justice Bernd Zabel expressed his frustration that there is no Italian interpreter available in Hamilton.
“With such a large Italian population in Hamilton, you are telling me the interpreter has to come all the way from Windsor?” he said. “It’s very unfortunate and unacceptable.”
Absence of interpreter delays child confinement case again
December 13, 2010
For the second time, the absence of an interpreter has delayed the court case involving two small children who were locked in a filthy basement bedroom.
A sentencing hearing was to take place yesterday but has been put off until February after an Italian interpreter travelling from Windsor got snowed in and didn’t make the trip to Hamilton.
A mother, her boyfriend and a grandmother have each been found guilty of two counts of confinement, abandonment and failing to provide the necessaries of life. The grandmother — who has had a court-certified interpreter throughout the trial — is also guilty of assault. A publication ban prohibits the naming of the guilty because doing so might identify the children.
The brothers, aged two and five, lived in a squalid, windowless cellar room. They were only rescued when police responded to a 911 call made by the toddler when he escaped from his locked room through a hole he made in the wall.
Earlier in the trial, the case had to be put over when the Italian interpreter called in sick and a last-minute replacement could not be found.
This time, Justice Bernd Zabel expressed his frustration that there is no Italian interpreter available in Hamilton.
“With such a large Italian population in Hamilton, you are telling me the interpreter has to come all the way from Windsor?” he said. “It’s very unfortunate and unacceptable.”
Thursday, December 09, 2010
a victims statement
http://www.cbc.ca/news/pdf/rodney-stafford-victim-impact.pdf
As Christmas is around the corner, I think about all of all the families that are destroyed by violence, murder and death. This is only one of a few cases that I think about when it comes up in the news.
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/12/09/f-tori-stafford-victim-impact-statements.html
Take some time to remember Tori/Victoria today. One of the murderers has plead guilty and the other one will stand trial someday.
As Christmas is around the corner, I think about all of all the families that are destroyed by violence, murder and death. This is only one of a few cases that I think about when it comes up in the news.
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/12/09/f-tori-stafford-victim-impact-statements.html
Take some time to remember Tori/Victoria today. One of the murderers has plead guilty and the other one will stand trial someday.
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