A Day to Remember Those We Love

Today is a difficult day for any parent who has lost a child. It’s one of those significant milestones in the year, like the child’s birthday or the anniversary of their death, that is set apart from all others.

No ‘Wednesday Wisdom’ on Christmas Day as such today, just the wish to remember our beautiful girl, and all of the children of those incredible parents that we have met along the way in this new journey of ours. The ones who fight on to remember their child, keep shouting their name, keep lighting candles. To Margaret, Clare, Kim, Sharryn, Carolyn, Sharon, Gina, Maria, Beth, Sam, Adelle, Anna, Sue, Jenny and so many others, we hope that today is a peaceful day for you. We hope that your child’s memory is vibrant and loving.

Evie made me a better person, she taught me lessons that will stay with me forever. I shall love her forever. Looking through the photographs of her opening her presents from years ago, she always smiled so brightly. She always ate everything that I put in front of her. She loved Christmas and she loved us.

Today we will be out and about in Bath, serving Christmas to other people that are lonely. Then home for a chilli and a bottle of wine. And we will light a candle for our gorgeous girl, remembering her smile and her laugh. For those of you with children, or surviving children, we wish you the very best Christmas that you can have, in whatever form that may take.

For those of you that have lost your only child, or all of your children, we light a candle for them too. Remember those that aren’t here to celebrate with us. Remember those we have loved and still love. Raise a glass later today to show the world that their memory burns brightly still.