Sweet sweet sixteen. My mini-me, but a thousand times smarter and more street aware than I could have ever dreamed to be at your age. You drive me absolutely crazy with rage and with love, both often simultaneously. Parenting you as a young adult is walking a razor-thin line of support and stepping in. [...]
Some years, when I start to write your birthday blogs, I have so much to say. I have collated lots of photos and anecdotes from the year that has passed. Some cute and funny, some filled with a twinge of sadness, and some that I would rather forget ever happened. But this year the [...]
I think it's super tough being 14. And I know it's super tough being the mum of a 14 year old. In fact, it has probably been the hardest and the most helpless year I have ever experienced as your mum. And it has also been the year where my feelings of pride, admiration [...]
Happy 13th birthday Jakey. You are my lucky boy charm, with my luck arriving at 7:14pm on the 10th August 2011 at Freemason's hospital. Just a few moments earlier, I watched your head emerge (thanks to the midwives who provided a mirror) and waited for what felt like an eternity (thanks to my obstetrician [...]
