Happy birthday Joshy

An open letter to my now 15 year old son.

Dear Joshy,

Happy birthday!

You weren’t actually meant to be here you know.

A combination of Mum’s intuition, medical intervention and good luck meant you only just safely arrived on this day 15 years ago.

Talk about a miracle.

While Mum recovered your first feed was left to me. The warmth of your little body and the cute sounds you made are things that will never leave me. It was our first bonding experience and you were all of 6 hours old.

Now you’re approaching adulthood, I thought I’d take the chance to share some things I think you (and other 15 year old boys) need to know.