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Morning Mum, ‘Morning my Love.’ It’s chucking it down and blowing a gale here today. ‘Is it Love? Did Frankie take a coat?’ Yes, I insisted she draped it over her arm as she backed out the door with a piece of toast in her mouth, her lunch box swinging off her shoulder and her …
Dear Frankie, I want you to understand the reasons why I gave you an iPhone 6 at the age of 8 years old. For now, It’s a clock, a calendar and a camera. It’s a TV, a video recorder and a music player. It’s a note book, an encyclopaedia and a diary. When you are …
Dear Frankie, We have always talked about the importance of being kind to others. We help heal people, not hurt them. If they try to hurt us, we stay strong and use our ‘Kind Powers’ to protect our minds and bodies. Forgiveness is our medicine, we use it to improve our wellbeing. You have been …
Dear Frankie, Can we talk about patience? Have you ever heard the saying…? “Patience Is A Virtue” The sentiment in this common phrase is a reflection upon a person’s ability to wait for something. By calling patience a virtue, it leads people to believe an ability to wait without agitation is an admirable quality. However, …
My Dad always said ‘Politics are what suits Love.’ I’ve always surrounded myself with people who have varying viewpoints and opinions and in doing so I like to think they enhance my own personal growth and development. By keeping an open mind, it allows me to nurture a positive growth mindset. Critical thinking, debating and …
Hi Mum, Are you awake? ‘Yes Love, I’m still up, how are you Queen?’ I’m doing ok Mum, loving being here at home on the farm for our second Christmas, just wish you were here with us obviously. ‘I wish I was down there with you all too my Love.’ Is it nice to be …
Frankie performed a solo in her School Christmas Carol Concert at church last night. It was one of those ‘Mum’ moments when I realised my daughter is rapidly coming into her own and out from under my apron strings. Every square inch of my baby blank canvas is almost full. At 8 and a half …
Christmas is normally the busiest time of year for Children’s Entertainers. It’s crackers! 
When I brought Frankie home on 28th November 2010 I took maternity/adoption leave over the holiday season. My lovely friends and fellow seasoned entertainers Lucy Wilkinson and Philip Partridge covered all my bookings. At the height of my career between 1990 …
Dear Frankie, They picked me for you. It was almost 11 years ago now. Tens of people had their say, gave their professional opinion and matched us. You, the most beautiful, caring, kind soul and me this most unusual potato. I know there probably isn’t any other adoptive parents out there who dress up as …
Dear Frankie, There are many people that won’t have heard of the term ‘Letterbox Contact.’ If someone is adopted like you or indeed have adopted a child like I have, then like us, they will most likely be very familiar with it. It’s probably one of the most individually complicated correspondences of all time. ‘Letterbox’ …