Letters to my children ❤️
Harry, I’ve been sat here for the last hour, staring at a blank screen, thinking back to four years ago when you still kicked inside my tummy, so wrapped up in all of our hopes and dreams. I guess your birthday will always be the most emotional day for me, unable to stop the tears…
Meggy, Every year I sit here writing these letters and ask myself, where does the time go? How did that little baby who screamed day and night, grow into such a beautiful and gentle soul such as you? And yet here we are, and today you are five. You’ve looked forward to this day for…
Lewis, Well here we are, another year gone, celebrating your fourteenth birthday and, although I say it every year, I’ll say it again, where does the time go? It feels like only yesterday you were tearing open your Power Rangers Megazord, zooming about on your new bike, blowing out the candles on your 4th birthday…
Eva, How are we here again so soon? Another year gone in the blink of an eye, just twelve short months since I sat here writing to you on your fifth birthday. For today you are six and, as proud as I am that you have grown so beautifully, I can’t help but swallow the…
Dear Joseph, Last night we brought the tree down from the attic, the big box of decorations and the twinkling lights, and instantly I felt it, that clawing feeling in the back of my throat, the deep ache in the pit of my belly, the rising sense of panic as it hit me that another…
Meggy, How is it possible that you, my little Meggy, will be starting school tomorrow? Sat here now, looking at your uniform carefully ironed and placed on the hanger, your shoes all shiny and new just waiting to be worn, your book bag sitting at the door, hoping not to be forgotten, everything is ready…….apart…