A lifestyle blog
Dear Frankie, If you’re wondering whether our cuddles will stop now you’re a teenager, let me reassure you that if anything, they are going to increase. Did you know for a healthy heart and mind, human beings need regular affection? Touch is essential and there is no substitution for a great big hug! As author …
Dear Frankie, Do you know one of the reasons our adoption profiles were matched? Because of the colour of our skin! When I began the adoption process I thought I would be able to adopt any baby born in this country that needed a forever Mum. The truth is it wasn’t quite as simple as …
Dear Frankie, Thirteen years ago I was about to embark on the biggest adventure of my life to date. PARENTING. I was incredibly excited and nervous in equal measure. I didn’t sleep very well in the run up to meeting you, I tried to, but as you know, I can have an over active imagination …
Dear Frankie, Being adopted by a single Mum doesn’t mean that you will automatically grow up and become a single adopter like me. Being raised by a single Mum who fell in love with another kind, caring and committed woman doesn’t automatically mean you will do the same. I didn’t choose to be gay Frankie …
Dear Frankie, Can we talk about DLD? DLD is a hidden but very common condition affecting about 1 out of 15 children. You are not alone my Love. Using language is a skill that allows us to share our ideas and feelings, to learn in school, and to understand the world around us. Unfortunately, using …
Dear Frankie, Here you are in thick snow in the Cotswolds. You were 2 years old in this picture, look at your little body, all snug in your winter warmers. I’d booked a holiday home for us to hang out together in for a week. Just ‘me and us.’ We had so much snow falling …
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’ …
Dear Frankie, Can we talk about beauty? I think we should, it’s an important topic of conversation that I feel we should have together. Before we get on to the subject, let’s look at where we might both be coming from first. You were born a Gen-Alpha baby, did you know that? Babies born between …