Friday 12 July 2013

Ellie's family - a magic moment

Last weekend Ellie had some homework to do. The instruction was simply to write some sentences about your family and 'try to work on your own and remember to include finger spaces and full stops.'

This is what Ellie produced: 






Just in case you can't read it, it says:


My mum works very hard. 
My dad lives at London. 
My family is silly. 
I love my family lots. 
I love my mum lots. xx

The smile and pride on her face as she showed me her work was quite simply beautiful to behold. The fact that she'd put that she loved me, without any prompting, was also pretty damn special. What topped it off though is that to me this simple bit of writing spoke volumes about her acceptance of our family situation.


There is nothing like the uncertainty you feel when you separate from your child's other parent - the questions and worries about whether they will be okay aren't something which, in my experience so far, ever disappear. I don't think about it often now but it is something I will always be conscious of. As I saw what Ellie had written I couldn't help but feel overjoyed at how clearly at ease she seemed with the situation. I feel certain that Ellie knows how much both her Dad and I, and our respective families, love her and most importantly - Ellie really is just fine with it.


Before I go, just to say that I am linking my #magicmoments post up with others on the fantastic linky from The Olivers Madhouse - click below to find out more. 




11 comments:

  1. awww this is so lovely, i think she did an amazing job and what beautiful writing!

    So lovely that you have linked up with #MagicMoments xx

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    1. Thanks Jaime - for reading and for the linky! :-)

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    1. Thanks for popping by Kim and for the comment - she has her moments! x

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  4. beautiful lovely handwriting x

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    1. Thank you - I'll tell her that!
      Thanks for reading
      :-)

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  5. That's just lovely - I can't wait until POD can write. Rather than shout Mummy's got smelly knickers across a heritage site *they weren't by the way*

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    1. I should warn you that Ellie STILL says the most embarrassing thing on occasion - although she's never shouted that I've got smelly knickers....yet!

      thanks for popping by,
      x

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  6. Ah this is lovely. I have twin daughters and they both like writing. I just love reading the things that they write and it gives you a unique insight into what they are thinking :-)

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    1. I know just what you mean - Ellie now wants to write a diary over the summer and I think it'll be a great insight!
      Thanks for reading x

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