You won’t believe what happened! We went to India for our 5th consecutive trip. On this trip we visited lots of Orphanages, hospitals and schools. We went up to the Jewhadi Hills to the Periyapannaparai School where we opened “Tyler’s Store a few years ago. This was a great success educating women of the village on how to run a business. After seeing the success we felt it was only fair to close the store and turn it into something else so that all the women could open stores from […]
The Humanitarian Clowns
Previous Next I volunteer with The Humanitarian Clowns. The organisation came to us when Tyler was fighting for life in hospital. They did what they call “A Random act of Clowness” for our family. Bringing Clown noses and vouchers to help us out during this difficult time. The Humanitarian Clowns renamed the act to “Tyler Shaw Random Act of Clowness” in honour of Tyler after she died. The Humanitarian Clowns also have an Indian Chapter. Clowns who volunteer from all over the world visit India for 3 weeks a year. […]
TRAG
Teenagers Road Accident Group After Tyler died I became a volunteer with Teenagers Road Accident Group (TRAG). I came across this organization when I was looking for a support group of parents who had lost a child to road trauma. I found TRAG and this has been my calling. I never ever imagined that I would publicly speak about my trauma. We present to over 4000 students per year. We present at the Mornington Community Theater and Casey Grammar during June and July each year. Here we have schools attend […]
Polly
My very close friend Chris had been told her beautiful Hushanda Polly had leukaemia. Polly lived with this for 9 months when the time came for her to be put to sleep and go over the rainbow bridge. Polly will be running through the meadows with her ears flapping with all her besties and Hushanda brothers and sisters. She is so truly missed by her family. I wanted to create Polly’s toe impression in a special piece for Chris to wear close to her heart. I’ve named the pet collection […]