1. Please do not forget this information, it becomes CRUCIAL in a few pages.
2. I did it AGAIN. Remember when I left my kids outside with the hornet? MUST DO BETTER.
3. It pains me to say this was the only time we chatted, all three of us together, in five months. MUST DO BETTER.
4. Mother’s Day is later in the US, in May (although who the hell knows what days or months mean any more. Is it Christmas yet?)
1. UPDATE: We have since acquired a little yellow fish called Hippo. He was a birthday present for Valentine but remains on my desk because I absolutely adore him. He’s not hugely into cuddles, but I’m working on it.
1. UPDATE: Since writing this I have purchased two Citrine bracelets. Turns out, they make me feel like Caroline is with me. One of them, however, is somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. Valentine yanked it and stretched it, which meant it was loose. We all went to the beach and as I jumped over a wave, the bracelet flew off. I was so sad at first, but then imagined Caroline jumping in the waves and thought she’d be quite happy to have a swim in the Pacific Ocean. So, I gently mouthed, ‘enjoy the water, my love’ and was happy to let it go.
1. We were never going to be in in July, and we weren’t. Anyone could have told me that.