Letters to my children ❤️
Joseph, I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve sat down to write this letter to you this week, searching for the right words, trying to put down all of these thoughts and feelings in my head, when all I really want to say is that I miss you, that my heart is hurting right…
Eva, Ten months ago, forty five long weeks ago, when I prised your little hand from mine and left you there on your first day at school, I had no idea what this coming year had in store. When you cried that first morning, I told myself it was to be expected, that it was such…
Dear Joseph, Today is nothing special. It’s not your birthday or an anniversary, it’s not Christmas or Easter or any particular celebration where I feel your loss more deeply. It’s a Friday and I’m sat here at the laptop, trying to plough my way through my To Do List, to get on top of the work I…
To Harry, I’ve been putting off writing this letter to you, refusing to believe that my baby boy is no longer a baby at all, that, in the blink of an eye, you are three. THREE!! And although I am equally sad that your siblings have grown so fast, at least as they grow there…
To Megan Today you are four years old and, although I am shocked at how fast the years have gone, the biggest surprise will always be that we have survived them. Being your Mummy is hard work, I wont ever shy away from that fact, but loving you is easy. The thing with you Meggy,…
Lewis, How is it even possible that I am sat here, writing this letter to you on your thirteenth birthday, when it feels like no time at all has passed since you came into the world, stole my heart, and made me a Mummy. Without sounding like a broken record, where has that time gone? How did…