An introduction

What I'll be writing about and why...

Hello Jasper. According to the plan, this will be Page 1 of the book that I will one day bind for you. Perhaps the first of several books. I’m a writer, as you’ll already know, and that’s the first reason I’m doing this. 

Reason 2 is because I vowed, before you were born, to keep a very detailed diary so as to document being your mother. I didn’t do that. Motherhood got in the way. But I do want there to be some sort of record of these early days, so that I never forget them (I’m good at forgetting). 

In it, I shall chronicle, on a weekly basis, what we’ve been up to, little lessons I’ve learnt, funny things you do; but also observations on the news and current affairs, recipes (easy ones that even I can’t screw up), and other topics that fall into the ‘lifestyle’ category I tend to cover as a journalist.

Some of it you might find a bit girly (that’s probably not very politically correct of me to say - perhaps gender won’t even exist by the time you read this). But I hope, on balance, that you’ll find it amusing and sometimes interesting. 

Right, you’ve just started wailing from the other room. A short-lived nap has come to an end, and I imagine you’ll have all sorts of requests for me, so I’ll have to go.

Ever your loving,

Annabel