It feels so normal that you are eleven today. Yet at the same time my heart is racing to catch up with my brain as it struggles to believe that it was not just yesterday when you were placed into my arms, all 2.7kg of your perfectly formed anatomy. For how could it be [...]
Two digits. One decade. Two often-conflicting personalities vying for attention of your body and mind. One young lady yearning to grow up quickly and gain total independence and autonomy, whilst the younger, more innocent and fragile Evie is pushed to the side, even when it is she who has the greater need for the [...]
You are my daughter with the wisdom beyond your years. You are the kind soul who is always nagging me to take you into the city to give another bag of clothes to a homeless person. You are the friend who everyone wants to play with as you never leave anyone out. You are the empathetic individual who always [...]
Five is a good number. It's strong, it's solid, it's all your digits on a single hand. And this week, your earth turned another full year around the sun and you became that much taller, that much more grown up, that much less of my little boy and that much more an ever-blossoming young man of [...]
