Letters to my children

Lewis, I swear I was only just crying about the fact you turned twenty one and yet somehow here we are at twenty two and the very first birthday in all of those years we aren’t spending the day together. I’ve spent a lot of time today thinking about the day you came into the…

Eva, It goes without saying that the year has gone too fast, I genuinely feel as though I have blinked and missed it and somehow here we are, fourteen. Usually I am an emotional wreck sitting here writing your birthday letter, wishing I could turn back the clock and relive each of these memories and…

Meggy, I swear that with every year these birthday letters just get harder to write, partly because life is just so busy and partly because I just get so emotional about the fact you are all growing up so fast. And yet somehow here we are on your 12th birthday and a whole world away…

Lewis, Every year I sit here on your birthday wondering how another year has passed us by when I could swear you were just blowing out the candles on your last birthday cake. You should know by now that I find every one of your birthdays difficult, torn between wanting to shout from the rooftops…

Eva, It has taken me the longest time to write your birthday letter this year, partly because life has just been so manic and yet mostly, because I just really don’t want to admit that my little girl is a fully fledged teenager. Thirteen. It feels like the biggest milestone yet and as much as…