'SPECIAL MEMORIES'

'So Much Love' ~ 'So Much Sadness'

jack with his nanna lyn and sister sophie ~ just 2 HOURS OLD

In the early hours of Monday 27th November 2000, around 1.45am ~ we called my mum to let her know that labour had started and we were off to the hospital...

As soon as the phone had rang in her house at that time of night ~ she knew in her heart that it was 'time' ~ even before Andrew had told her...

Mum spent the rest of the night awake, worrying and desperately waiting for some news...  She must of felt so alone ~ there was no~one in the house to help her through those long dark hours ~ knowing that her daughter and son~in~law were going through not just a labour ~ (which is enough in itself) ~ but the fact that this birth was going to be even more traumatic...

When our Jack came into the world ~ we asked our Midwives to make the call to my mum ~ she just cried and we honestly felt her pain...

She had an hours drive ahead of her and left immediately...  Over an hour later ~ she had still not arrived...  'Was she ok' ~ 'Where was she' ~ I needed my mum, I knew she needed us and no~one knew where she was...

Andrew went to look outside many times ~ then the door opened and there she was ~ crying with so much pain in her heart ~ not knowing where to look or who to hold first...

Mum had got lost not far from the hospital ~ concentration, obviously hard to find...

My mums arms immediately comforted us and the uncontrollable tears fell...

This photo was taken at the hospital shortly after my mum arrived...  I will never forget seeing the pain in her eyes as she walked through the door and saw her sweet Heavenly Grandson in her beautiful Grand~Daughters arms...

I remember mums words throughout my pregnancy... "Things may be ok ~ they may be able to do something" ~ being so positive for us...  I don't really think anyone believed what was going to happen ~ everyone kept praying for a miracle..

After a couple of hours we prepared to leave the hospital ~ Jack was tucked up in his Moses Basket ~ we said our goodbyes to our Midwives and went home with our Angel...

Andrews mum, sister, my mum and Sophie were there to meet us, We carried Jack into the lounge and sat by our Christmas Tree...

Sophie was going to go and stay at my mums for a few days, so we said our goodbyes and they prepared to leave...

This photo is the only one I have of my mum with Our Angel...  I know she found the entire experience so, so difficult to cope with ~ what with losing her beloved Grandson, she also felt the pain for me as her daughter, for Andrew as her Son~in~Law and for Sophie and Ben too...  but she was strong for all of us, being there 'anytime' to comfort us ~ and just being 'MUM'...

My mum looked after Sophie for the next week ~ helping and protecting her and being there for her,  I am so glad they had each other over this time...

I know and felt my mums pain through all of this ~ and want to Thank her for staying so strong, for supporting us throughout and for her continuous strength and love to this day...

THANK~YOU MUM!

'ANGEL KISSES FROM HEAVEN FOR YOU'