When our children are born we hold them tightly to us and promise to protect, nurture and provide unconditional love forever. It seems a lifetime away when they will be going to university, moving away from home or going to live in another country. Suddenly in the blink of an eye that time is upon us. As they’ve grown we’ve nursed them, sat up all night when they’re ill, kissed grazed knees, applied plasters to teddy bears who’ve fallen while playing with them, taught them right from wrong and most importantly how to be independent. I remember gazing into my son’s dark eyes when he was born (typically like me we don’t conform to normal eye colour) and knowing that our...
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