Happy Birthday Ben!

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So today my boy is 18 and as you can imagine (knowing me) I am very reflective. He has always been my gift. I wanted a third baby for a few years but it didn’t seem that it was to happen. I had a miscarriage and then didn’t conceive. Josh and Chloe both started to ask if we could have another baby and we suggested that they pray about it. A month later and I became pregnant. We have always felt that Ben belonged to all of us.

My waters broke outside school, which seemed the right place! He was then born at 9am the next morning. Chloe and Josh both talk about their excitement of Paul arriving at lunchtime at school to tell them that Ben had been born. I will never forget the excitement I felt bringing him home and Joy, Talia, Adam, Josh, Chloe, Mum and Dad all welcoming him home.

Life over the last few years has been very tough for him but he has continued to be my gift. He has listened to all my moans and groans and put up with never having his shirts ironed or of having underwear in his drawer! He has had to do things that no teenage boy should have to do or cope with conversations no child wants to hear about their mum.

I look forward to knowing what his future holds and seeing him grow into a man. I am so, so thankful to be here to celebrate with him  today. He is my joy and my delight and I am so glad he is MY son.

HAPPY HAPPY 18^TH BIRTHDAY MY BEN