20th October 2018
Dear Cooper and Finn,
We're in Mount Washington now. It’s very beautiful and peaceful. I felt so relaxed this afternoon after we’d been for a walk that I asked your dad to go and get us a drink while you napped, even though I knew yould wake up as soon as he brought them over. Which you did. You‘ve changed so much since we’ve been away. You can now open drawers and cupboards, and I spend a lot of time watching you explore, trying to make sure you don’t hurt yourself, and helping you up when you do. Like I’m going to be doing for the foreseeable future, I suppose. If I see you making decisions that I think might end in pain, I can try and use my experience to advise against them, but ultimately it's up to you. I’m not always right. Maybe climbing on that thing won’t end in disaster. But I‘ll be here for you if it does. X X X