Parenting a living child is certainly a job I would love to have, one day. I still reserve the right to the occassional whinge when it happens though

There are many people in the world who would love the opportunity to vote, learn to read and right, have access to safe water sources and sanitation. Sometimes people ask me how I can get up every morning after what we've been through. Knowing there are people in the world who have seen their children killed, raped, die of preventable diseases and been powerless to stop it, yet they still have to get up every day and do the work that needs to be done. Those people are my inspiration.

Parenting is a precious gift. Yes, it's hard work. I can't say any of the small amount of parenting DH and I were privileged to be able to do was easy, but we did the best we could with love for our little boys. It's all we could do.