My lifestyle and general attitude to all things fit and healthy has changed dramatically over the last few years. One of the major factors in this has been becoming a Dad at the relatively old age of 37. This made me take a long hard look at myself and how I lived my life. All of sudden the realisation came that I wanted to be a part of my Daughters life for as long as possible and in order to do that…
We’re never truly happy as parents are we? Each stage of our child’s development is met with joy but also trepidation and worry. I’m always saying in equal measure how “this age is my favourite age” but also “when will she eat/do/stop doing/try that”. Oh and “when will she listen” which is a personal favourite…..We can’t help but focus on the negative things can we? Sure, there’s been loads of instances where we’ve been bursting with pride but all too often…
This is a photo of my 10 month old daughter with her 90 year old great Granddad on her Mother’s side, Harry, playing together at Christmas time a couple of years ago. I struggle not to get emotional every time I look at it. Harry died in the May of the following year and I still miss him terribly as I had an amazing relationship with him despite only knowing him for the ten or so years after my wife and I…