My dearest friend Louise went into labour on 30th
June (after going over by nearly 2 weeks I think!) and after 22hrs of labour (I
think that’s what they said!) she brought the beautiful Brogan Beau Yates into
the world by emergency c-section. When I
say beautiful, I mean it – she is amazing I can’t take my eyes off her when I
see her J
I got to go to the hospital and visit the three of them the
day after she was born and she took my breath away. I was told she was 10lb 2 so I was expected a
mini sumo wrestler all chunky and squidged up but she wasn’t, she is long so
she looked absolutely tiny. I can’t post
a photo because she isn’t mine to post but you can trust me when I say she is
by far the most gorgeous baby EVER!!
Since then I have met the little munchkin a fair few times,
had lots of cuddles, changed my first nappy, rocked her to sleep, winded her,
shifted her hiccups and given her lots of kisses and I plan to keep doing this
for a loooooong time!! I can’t wait to
watch her grow and get her own personality, I get the feeling she is going to
be just like her mom – which definitely isn’t a bad thing J
Lou and Steve decided they wanted a Naming Ceremony for
Brogan, a Humanist ceremony with no religion and if I would plan it for them –
in two weeks!!! :-0 fortunately the venue wasn’t available that weekend giving
me an extra week to plan. Luckily, it
wasn’t the type of event where they left the whole thing to me, we all did it
together. It’s now two days away and
everything is planned – I’m very excited but also very nervous – Lou and Steve
have asked me to do a reading, I am so nervous to speak in front of everyone
BUT I will be talking directly to Brogan and the reading I have found is so
beautiful and truthful that I know it will come easier than I’m expected!
This is the reading I have chosen:
‘The Wish List’ by
Collin McCarty
Of
all the things I wish for you, I would give anything if these wishes could
always come true…
I
want you to be happy.
I
want you to fill your heart with feelings of wonder and to be full of courage
and hope.
I
want you to have the type of friendship that is a treasure — and the kind of
love that is beautiful forever.
I
wish you contentment: the sweet, quiet, inner kind that comes around and never
goes away.
I
want you to have hopes and have them all come true.
I
want you to make the most of this moment in time.
I
want you to have a real understanding of how unique and rare you truly are.
I
want to remind you that the sun may disappear for a while, but it never forgets
to shine.
I
want you to have faith.
May
you have feelings that are shared from heart to heart, simple pleasures amidst
this complex world, and wonderful goals that are within your grasp.
May
the words you listen to say the things you need to hear.
And
may a cheerful face lovingly look back at you when you happen to glance in your
mirror.
I
wish you the insight to see your inner and outer beauty.
I
wish you sweet dreams.
I
want you to have times when you feel like singing and dancing and laughing out
loud.
I
want you to be able to make your good times better and your hard times easier
to handle.
I
want you to have millions of moments when you find satisfaction in the things
you do so wonderfully.
And
I wish I could find a way to tell you — in untold ways — how important you are
to me.
Of all the things
I'll be wishing for, wherever you are and whatever I may do, there will never
be a day in my life when I won't be wishing for the best… for you.
I will update in a few days on how it all went.
