Magic moments and family

Well this is my first post in 2015 and another year starts. I guess January is always a month we tend to reflect on things, I know I do and even more as I get older. Time seems to rush past the older you get! I remember looking at my sister in law Pat when I was little and thinking how I wanted to be her age lol.
Now I want to be younger so we are never happy are we!
I had a wonderful childhood with parents who loved me and filled my life with great happy memories.  We were not rich but we was rich in love and I always knew that. My mum was my life and she and I were so close. I always held her arm when we went out right up to Iwhen i became a mum  myself. She always said she would look like a monkey with long arms, as I was always  hanging on her arm lol

This is my mum at the front. My nan is to the left and aunts behind

Later I married and moved away and I know it hit me hard and I am sure it did her as well. We spoke daily and could spend ages talking.
Sadly she passed away when I was 33 and I have always felt sad she did not get to see my children grow up.

I wanted to have children so much and it was a long road to get my first child. When my son Matthew was born It was the most wonderful time. I never thought I would have a child so he was such a joy. I called him Matthew because I thought the name was great, but it also meant gift of God which was so true. He was a darling little boy and filled and still does my heart with so much love I can't tell you.

He had grown into such a fantastic man, I am so proud of him daily. He has done so well with his life and has a lovely wife Karen and gave us our first grandson last June.

 Then I was lucky enough five years after Matthew was born I had my daughter Natalie. I was not planning on another child, but after a friend had a baby I thought it would be nice to give him a brother or sister.
Natalie arrived and she was perfect , such a beautiful little girl. Like Matthew she was a good baby but had a few health issues. We just thought she was a sickly baby but we found out many many years later that we both have a condition of the immune system, but we did not know then,
She filled our life with endless dance classes and energy, which it was hard to keep up with at times. She was a really talent dancer and I enjoyed seeing her dance and jump around. Later we found out she could sing and when I say sing she really can. She has a beautiful voice and I am so proud of her.
She is not far off having her first baby in February and I find it hard to think my baby is having a baby lol. I am sure she with her lovely partner Ian will be wonderful parents.

I know every parent thinks their child is the best but I know mine are. I am so terribly proud of them both and what wonderful adults they have become. I hope they think they had a good upbringing and that they had a good childhood. No parent is perfect but I hope I have done as good as I could.
I think Kevin my husband and myself are so lucky to have Matthew and Natalie and I love them more each day.