"Hanne and I travelled around the world in August, September,
meeting families in the US, England and Ireland. It was mainly holiday,
but as I had just finished making the video, it was a great opportunity
to show it to as many people as I could. We presented the video CRY OF
THE CAT at the Chicago 5P- conference and it was extremely well
received. All copies I had taken with me sold within minutes.
Hanne introduced the video,
reading from a short prepared speech. She did it confidently and without
any fuss, although her little voice probably did not make the back of the
room.
There were 105 families
attending the conference, so it was a great opportunity to see lots of
kids and how they are doing. I would recommend it to any family who can
afford it.
We then travelled to
Ireland and met Mary Lou and David Garvan and their daughter Jessica. Onto
London to have an overnight stay with Elaine and Adam Precious and their
son Sam and family and then onto the next part of the holiday, meeting
Doug in Paris and driving down to Spain.
Hanne was away from
school for 8 weeks, so her teacher asked her to keep a journal of our
travels and this is a part of it. It has become a wonderful record of our
holiday seen through her eyes. Hanne is in Yr 3 and her handwriting has
improved a lot this year. She has been given a "Dream
Writer" (word processor) to help her
get stories down. She loves it."
Helen
McGrath ( Hanne's mother)
SPAIN