Dear most awesome baby ever,
I hope by the time you are reading this, life
has been everything I hoped it would be for you. You’ve gotten to experience
the best life has to offer, you’ve followed your heart and your dreams but most
importantly, you are happy. I think it would only be fair that I start with the
funny story that preceded your birth. So about six months into the pregnancy, I
had an ultra sound/scan done to determine the sex of the baby (i.e. you) and
the doctor told me that it was a girl. Your father and I did the first round of
shopping and bought a considerable amount of pink clothing. A week ago while I was
eight months into the pregnancy, we did another scan and that doctor said you
were a boy. You can imagine our surprise at the news but your father and I had
long suspected you were a boy so we had a contingent boy name just in case and
we hadn’t stocked purely pink clothes for you. Call it parental instinct. Though
you do have some pretty strong kicks, that’s why your father has decided you
will be a pro footballer (of course that is purely your choice but between you
and me, I think you are really good dancer). So we are eagerly counting down the days till
we meet you, probably in 2 weeks, give or take. I apologize in advance because
you might rock a few pink outfits for the first few months of your life due to
the error by the doctors but at least your arrival already has an interesting
story to kick it off. J
The main reason I am writing you this letter is
to let you know that you are loved. I know you are and will be the best parts
of both me and your father. I may not have met you yet but I have felt the life
of you inside me for the last eight and a half months, I have felt your tiny
little kicks from the time they were just small flutters to full grown kicks
that make my stomach bulge out in response. I feel you and I know for certain
that I am irrevocably in love with you. All my instincts right now are directed
towards giving you the best I can give you in this life. I am eagerly waiting
to see your tiny little cute self and hold you in my arms. The day of your
arrival will undoubtedly be one of my happiest days.
As you enter in this world, there are things you
should know. The world is not a certain place, sometimes it will build you up
only to tear you down but one thing that will always remain true is that I will
be there to put you together should it break you and to hold you up. I want you
to learn to follow your passion and your heart wherever it may take you; life
is too short not to take chances! I hope as I continue to age and pile on
experiences, good and bad alike that the world won’t corrupt me so that I forget
to tell you that you can be whoever and whatever you want to be, don’t ever let
anyone tell you that you can’t do something. I’m not saying it will be easy but that
shouldn’t stop you from trying. Remember that the greatest regrets in life come
from the chances we did not take rather than the ones we did not succeed in. Also, allow yourself to love and be loved.
Sure, people will occasionally break your heart and you will probably break a
few of your own but don’t let that stop you from opening your heart, love is a
wonderful thing.
My prayer for you is that you never struggle in
this life but still learn the value of everything you have, that you learn to respect
everyone around you especially those beneath you and you don’t learn anything
the hard way but still learn all the same. Learn from people’s experiences so
that you don’t have to go through those trials yourself and learn to put
yourself in people’s shoes so that you treat them exactly how you wish to be
treated. There is so much I hope for you that words can’t fully capture so all I
want you to know is I loved you before I met you and I want the very best life
has to offer for you. Be the best version of you that you can be. Live your
life to the fullest and live for each day because tomorrow is never guaranteed.
Most of all, be happy; happiness is a choice.
Lots of love my angel,
Love mummy <3
J
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