8 years ago today, exactly as I write this post, I was holding this little miracle called Beth in my arms. It seems as if it were only yesterday – is that a mark of a busy life or of my growing age and sinility? (no need to answer that!)UIt’s weird thinking how quickly children grow and about the fact that none of that time can be reclaimed back.

Yep … Beth is 8 today and she chose to celebrate it in MacDonalds! mmmm

I remember exactly what we were doing on that day. It was a Saturday and we had taken Tom to Howletts wildlife park as his last treat as the only child. While walking around the gorillas Sarah went into labour and Beth was born about 15 mins after we got home. Quite a scarey experience at the time – especially when I thought ‘M2’ might appear on the birth certificate as ‘place of birth’.

Ah well … where does the time go?