Big day of change

Hi Mum,

How are you?

I have news….

Yesterday was a big day in our house, your daughter got part 1 of her brace fitted…

I know you always liked my crossed teeth but they give me so much trouble now that my dentist referred me.

It is so amazing as you can hardly see it 😊.

I have got the top brace for now to straighten my top teeth. I’ve then got to have a bar to widen my top palette and then the bottom brace will go on. All in all about the 18 months.

It’s so exciting except for having it fitted at 12pm yesterday and I have managed 2 yoghurts since!!

I know you would be so excited for me Mum so I am using that to help with the pain.

As always, I wish you were here as a Mum hug and chat would definitely help.

Love you Mum

Love

Me xxx

Wow….

Hi Mum,

You’ll never guess what…..

I won Employee of the Month for December 2016 👏🍾🥂.

I was so overwhelmed I cried in front of the office.

I can’t believe it 😁.

My nominations are so amazing….

My first thought was that I wish you were here so I could tell you 😢.

You were here last time I won and you were SO excited about me going to the Employee of the Year dinner.

It’s going to be exciting this time round as well, just different.

I will make sure I send you photos of how I look.

SO exciting.

Love you Mum

Love

Me xxx

❤

It’s 2017

Hi my gorgeous Mum,

How are you?

Sorry for the late happy new year, happy new year 🎉🍾🥂. 

We did go to the beach to wish you a happy new year x

Yes it was very wet and cold 😁.

For me I move into another year further away from you.

Another year without you here.

Another year where I still feel like I am just muddling through.

It’s not been the easiest start to 2017, work is quite tough at the moment.

I have had the loveliest time with my girls though and of course we have had 2 more birthdays with Mike and Chloe’s last Friday.

I can’t believe she’s 9 Mum x

It was 1960s day for her class so she got to go to school in fancy dress for her birthday.

You would be so proud of her, she is the most beautiful, caring, determined, funny and stubborn (of course!), young lady. She still tries her hardest at everything she does.

As you know they only started swimming lessons and year last September and Chloe is already level 4. She reminds me of you when she swims Mum, she just glides along the top of the water so gracefully. Just amazing x

Mike had a great birthday too. I got him a wallet with drawings from our girls engraved on the front, he absolutely loves it and has shown it to everyone.

I had an impromptu visit to the Wye Downs with my girls last Saturday. We thought we would come and say hi to you.

It was beautiful Mum, the sun was out and it was still covered in snow.

We had great fun having a snowball fight, jumping into the snow drifts and making mini snowmen. The view was just breathtaking as well.

I promise you life hasn’t stopped without you here as I know you would want but there isn’t a day that goes by where my heart doesn’t hurt at the thought of you.

I am told that fades as time passes and part of me wants it to stop hurting as much as it does, but never all together, as that’s where you live on and my reminder of how beautiful and amazing my Mum was and why it’s ok for me to miss you as much as I do.

Sleep well Mum

Love

Me xxx