Sarah

Sarah has been extraordinarily wise from a very young age. She is very observant with an ability to work out the best way of doing things that for the life of me I can't figure out.

The day I had Sarah was the greatest day of my life - I became a Mum, just thinking about it makes my heart sing. She was born with breathing problems so went to the NICU before I could hold her. Four hours later when she was stable I got to go down and see her. Holding my pink beautiful baby for the first time stroking her face and hands, only another parent has that joyous memory.

Sarah was always a good big sister from the day we bought Jaimie home Sarah was always helping me with the baby. Jaimie's first bath was the start, I went into the bathroom to put water into the baby bath and when I bought it back into the lounge, there on the couch was my now naked baby who had been fully clothed when I left the room, Sarah had not only removed her clothes but also her cloth nappy and pins. Sarah was the ripe old age of 23 months. I feel very privileged to be her mother.

Footnote by Sarah: My mother is one in a million. If you wanted ten friends to stay during the school holidays, she would welcome them with open arms, feed them all, and make them laugh. Of course you would get the odd "be quiet!", "clean that up!", "no you can't have that!", but everyone would still leave exclaiming "your mum is so cool!", which at the age of 13, you know just can't be true!
She raised all four of us with the patience of a saint and with our best interests at heart, and did a fabulous job! I am very thankful to have such a loving and accepting mother, as i realise how important both of those traits are in raising a child. If I aspired to be a Toilet Cleaner or an Astronaut, I know she would support me all the way.