Letters to my children ❤️
Lewis, From the very second I dropped you off for your first day of primary school, eleven long years ago, I have thought about this day. I will never forget that gut wrenching feeling of letting go of your hand and watching you walk through the classroom door knowing that one day you would walk out…
Eva, I’ve been putting off writing your birthday letter this year, still in complete and utter denial that my baby girl is no longer a baby at all. And it’s funny because whilst I have been desperate to milk every last moment of you being seven, you’ve been counting down the days to your birthday…
Joseph, I’ve been putting off writing this letter to you this year, struggling to find the words to commemorate what would have been your 13th birthday, finding it impossible to imagine that tiny baby I held in my arms as a teenage boy, feeling as though my heart might break at the reality of all…
Lewis, Eva, Megan & Harry, Well this isn’t a letter I ever thought I’d be writing to you, especially given that until nine months ago I’d never left you for more than a weekend, and yet here we are, just two more sleeps until I leave you for thirteen days to Romania. Just writing this…
Harry, I have a confession to make, it’s actually seven long days since your 5th birthday and only now am I sitting down to write this letter to you. Actually that’s not strictly true, I have spent the best part of the last two weeks trying to find a moment to sit and write, only…
Meggy, My beautiful, crazy, loving, hilarious, determined, sweet little Meggy – today you are six. I’ve spent the last hour staring at an empty screen trying to find a way to put down in words exactly what I want to say but, regardless of what I type, it will never be enough. There is something…