2006-05-16 - 3:56 p.m.

Yesterday at 4:50pm a new life burst into the world. A new life who I know is going to be hugely important in my life – this entry is for her.

Dear Heather,

Hello sweetest tiny baby one, you don’t know me yet but my name is Moo. I haven’t known your mother very long and I’ve never actually met her in person but I have come to care about her a ridiculous amount over the time we’ve been “conversing” In your mummy I have found a strange kind of solidarity that is so precious and so rare in this world, occasionally she will write something and I wonder if somehow my brain was connected to her hands. You haven’t really had time to know her from the outside yet but there are few people in the world more beautiful then the woman who gave you life. Over the past 9 months you have completely changed her life – in a lot of ways you have been her saviour and so I must thank you for that because otherwise I wouldn’t have ever known the joy of having her in MY life. Nobody in the whole world will ever love you as much as your parents already do – they have completely Heather-proofed their whole life and without any selfish thoughts about what they may “lose” from the changes because NOTHING they could lose would ever outweigh the fabulous wonderful amazing overwhelming pleasure of knowing that they get to have YOU. Everything down to the birth was geared around making YOU happy and safe no matter how much more pain it could potentially cause them – you will realise when you’re older how incredibly brave that was.
I want you to know that I have anticipated your birth with SUCH complete excitement I don’t know why you already matter so very much to me but you do and you’re only going to matter MORE as time goes on. Wherever I go baby Heather there will always be a home for you with me – I am going to be too far away for most of your life to be able to have regular contact but I am still going to be there emotionally. You Mum means the whole wide world to me (as does your aunty Loubee) and I will probably spend most of our future conversations telling you how AMAZING they are and how lucky you are to have them love you so very much.
In short sweet baby girl WELCOME TO THE WORLD I am going to love you more than you will ever understand.
FOREVER

AuntyMoo
x x x

Now be good little moolings and run along and congratulate KATERPATATOR because she is going to be an even better mother than she is a friend and THAT is pretty awesome!

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