Letters to my children ❤️
Eva, Today you are five and for some reason, it feels like such a huge milestone. Five seems very grown up all of a sudden, no longer a baby, a toddler, or the pre-schooler you were last year. You have changed so much over the last twelve months and part of me will always feel as though…
Eva, From the moment you were born I knew that we were on borrowed time, that this day would come and eventually, in what felt like a thousand years from then, you would start school. And, as a tiny baby in my arms, I thought that we had all the time in the world, that…
Joseph, I have spent the last few months dreading this day, counting down the weeks, fearing the moment when you would feel further away than ever before, when I could say that a whole decade has passed since I held you in my arms. And whilst all of your birthdays have been hard, none have…
Haribo, Today you are two and, although I am still very much in denial, no longer a baby at all. Your birthday has, and perhaps always will, hit me the hardest, knowing that all of your firsts will also be our last, that every stage we say goodbye to will be the last I experience…
To my Meggy, Today you are three, and I can’t quite believe that we are both still here, still surviving this year together. Although we knew from day one that you have always been different, this year, you took the terrible twos to a whole new level!! And I hope that when you are old…
Dear Lewis, I can’t quite believe that I am writing this, that you are now twelve and growing up so fast. These past twelve years have been such a rollercoaster for the two of us, so many highs and lows and yet you, my darling boy, have been the best thing to ever happen to us. When…