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I didn't expect to start this sunny Sunday morning in Wellington having a quiet cry. xxx

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A beautiful, loving description of your daughter’s life to date. Thank you for sharing the joy, the difficulties, then the joy again.

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David that is such a beautiful tribute to Mary-Margaret and to you both as parents. Thank you.

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Just lovely.

I wish I'd written down all of the words - boojoo was one we couldn't get our head around but in the end we worked out it was thingamijig, which explains why we took a while to crack the code as it never corresponded to the same thing.

Scary about the self image - back in the 70s somehow some switch that had turned off in my brain turned on again all by itself, thankfully. I think my mother was freaking out that I was pregnant in the 5th form because she found a note in my pocket about not having a period for a while, so then as well as dealing with my own stuff I also had to deal with her misplaced panic about her supershy daughter who wasn't hanging out with boys.

I did wonder how many calories are in fingernails.

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Beautiful, just like a parents love for their child

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Brought tears, this. So lovely.

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Brought tears, this. So lovely.

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I remember this one, too

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