Happy but sad.....
Posted by Sarah on 25th January 2008 at 06:49am None of this will probably make sense but I've been feeling this for a while now.
Isobel is out in the garden peddling her little bike up and down and she's doing really well and is sooo pleased with herself. She's so cute and having so much fun and I feel it's a real achievement for her and one of those stages that they all go through - learning to ride a bike, albeit with stabilisers!
Anyway because she's exactly the same age at the time time of year as Christopher was as they were both born in April (if that makes sense) it really brings it home to me just how poorly he was and how much he missed out on.
By this time of his life, just coming up to being 4 in April, he was undergoing chemotherapy, radiotherapy, had lost all his hair and although we didn't know it yet, the cancer had spread to his spine.
We were living 5 days a week in Birmingham due to him having radiotherapy and a general anaesthetic every day. He was separated from Katherine and Matthew who he loved dearly and was just a sick little boy.
It really seems to be foremost in my mind at the moment just because Isobel is the same age - I'm sure it will pass - well it's bound to really because Christopher died just after his fourth birthday and God forbid that will happen to Isobel - there won't be so much to compare age wise.
I'm sorry I'm waffling and probably not making any sense.
I just needed to write it down really, I find it helps me to sort things out in my mind.
Sarah x
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