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Sing her song, brush her hair and hold her hand. Tell her stories, hear her laugh and hold her gaze. Watch her dance, smell her skin and hold her close. Don't let go. Aboriginal children aged 14 years and under, are 8 times more likely to commit suicide than non-Indigenous children the same age.  This is a national statistic, that draws on figures from urban, rural and remote parts of Australia. A 10-year-old Aboriginal girl has taken her own life in far north Western Australia https://t.co/RuUqwS8TIX — Siv Parker (@SivParker) March 8, 2016 March 8th fell on a Tuesday in 2016.   It is International Woman's Day.   Social media was alight with messages, remembering the great, the triumphant, the struggle and the glory of women - feminism, friendship and families.  But for those who knew, had heard the terrible news, there was no celebration, no reflection  because a child, a girl child, a little woman had died. She died on a Sunday, and the ...

Smooth by Siv Parker Update Tuesday 23 February 2015, 12.30pm:  This blog post was prompted by a recent incident in Australia.   Rob Thomas best known as singer/songwriter of Matchbox20 is currently touring.  H e said some things at a concert. It triggered a social media firestorm.  He apologized quickly, twice on Facebook (links included below). That was good enough for me.   I decided to make some comments of my own. Rob Thomas’s response is also linked below.   If I had known the page hits to my blog post would be over 30,000 in 24 hours I may have taken longer than an hour to write it, but it is what it is.   Thanks for reading.   The last time I heard Smooth , it was a Sunday afternoon in January. A cover band was playing at the country pub down on the corner from my house. It sounded pretty good.   It wasn’t Santana featuring Rob Thomas, but it was kind of awesome to listen while ...