14/11/2025
I’m a little late with announcing our October Reader of the Month, but she’s worth waiting for!
A huge congratulations to Macie! What can I say about Macie? 🤔 She’s got sass by the bucket load, absolutely delights in tormenting me and owns more lip gloss than there are lips in Bundaberg! She has unrivalled determination, and an enormous heart… and as an added bonus, my cuticles have never looked better!
Macie has been working with me since the beginning of the year and it has been amazing to watch this young lady’s confidence grow. She just wants to be able to read, and to write in her secret diary… it’s not a secret if someone has to write it for you!
I asked Macie, ‘If you could be anything you want when you grow up, what would it be?’.
Her response: ‘I would be a dance coach… or a chef. I love cooking, and I just love dancing’. Macie went on to describe just how important it is to be able to read and write to achieve her grown-up goals, ‘For a chef, you have to be able to read orders, and for a dance coach, you’ve got to read emails and programs and all sorts of things’.
I asked Macie, ‘How does it feel when she is able to read something that she wasn’t able to before?’. Her response, ‘I feel good! I feel accomplished!’.
Macie is supported by her wonderful mum, Robyn. Achieving great things requires a great team, and these 2 are a fabulous team! It’s the work between therapy sessions that makes the biggest difference, and watching Macie learn to read, there is no doubt of the teamwork happening at home.
As for Robyn, well you can see the pride, ‘I am very proud of Macie. She works so hard. Read3 is an amazing program. It’s lots of fun, it’s quick and easy to do at home, and it’s something we can do as a family with all of the games’. It’s just how therapy sessions should be… just the right mixture of fun, laughter, and hard work! There’s not a harder worker than Miss Macie!
Congratulations Macie! With your determination, the possibilities are endless (and I can definitely see you dancing around the kitchen as you whip up something amazing in your restaurant)!
