1. I think that you're the very best cook I've ever met, and my sister would probably be very upset to hear me say that but I was brought up believing that I should always tell the truth wherever I could and you are, without a doubt, the very very best cook I know. Oh! And one day you will make a very lucky lady a wonderful husband.
2. I wonder... has anybody ever told you that your hair looks like a pineapple? Because it does a bit. And I like it! Pineapples are delicious. Have you ever had pineapple pudding? It's surprising, just like you.
3. You know, I worry sometimes that you're awfully angry about a lot of things and I'm afraid that you might be very unhappy one day unless you let it all go. But whatever happens, I'm always going to be here for you with a shoulder to cry on, if you want it, and I'm always going to look after you because that's what big sisters do, and I'm so very very glad that you're in my family.
4. Next time, I think I just might have to take your advice and take the epidural. And I'm very sorry we had to wake you up so early, I never did ask if you caught up with your sleep...
5. It always surprises me that someone who sees the good in people as often as you can't see the good in yourself. I worry about you, I know that you carry the weight of the world on your shoulders and yes, you are so very very strong that it's almost quite frightening to think about it sometimes, but we are your family and we love you. We're not going to go anywhere if you need us, and I wish you would talk to us when you feel sad. I know you miss her. I miss her terribly too, it just feels like I haven't had the time to miss her properly with everything that's happened this year. But I still do, and if you ever want to talk then you know where to find me. I might be busy with the baby, but I'm never too busy for you.
6. I still don't know how you manage to get into half the places you get into.
7. How did your arms get so very stretchy?
8. I'm very sorry for all the things you're going to miss out on having. I'm sorry you'll never get to meet your grandparents or your uncles and your aunts and all your cousins, but I'm going to do my very best to make sure that even if you don't have blood family around you, you're going to be so surrounded by people who love you that it won't matter. I love you to all the moons and back again.
9. I miss you terribly. There are some days that I really really wish you could be here so I could talk to you but I can't, so... you just keep up the good work wherever you are and make sure you're watching out for my family for me, okay?
10. I will never, ever ever regret coming here, not even for a moment, because I would have spent the rest of my life wondering what might have happened to us if we'd be given our fair chance and now I know. Now I know that you make me happier than I ever thought I could be, that you're exactly the sort of man I knew you were, and that you still make me giddy when you smile at me. I still have to pinch myself sometimes to believe that it's all real, and that we're together and we're a family. If I had to choose between my family back home and our family here... then I would choose us. I love you more than pudding.
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2. I wonder... has anybody ever told you that your hair looks like a pineapple? Because it does a bit. And I like it! Pineapples are delicious. Have you ever had pineapple pudding? It's surprising, just like you.
3. You know, I worry sometimes that you're awfully angry about a lot of things and I'm afraid that you might be very unhappy one day unless you let it all go. But whatever happens, I'm always going to be here for you with a shoulder to cry on, if you want it, and I'm always going to look after you because that's what big sisters do, and I'm so very very glad that you're in my family.
4. Next time, I think I just might have to take your advice and take the epidural. And I'm very sorry we had to wake you up so early, I never did ask if you caught up with your sleep...
5. It always surprises me that someone who sees the good in people as often as you can't see the good in yourself. I worry about you, I know that you carry the weight of the world on your shoulders and yes, you are so very very strong that it's almost quite frightening to think about it sometimes, but we are your family and we love you. We're not going to go anywhere if you need us, and I wish you would talk to us when you feel sad.
I know you miss her. I miss her terribly too, it just feels like I haven't had the time to miss her properly with everything that's happened this year. But I still do, and if you ever want to talk then you know where to find me. I might be busy with the baby, but I'm never too busy for you.
6. I still don't know how you manage to get into half the places you get into.
7. How did your arms get so very stretchy?
8. I'm very sorry for all the things you're going to miss out on having. I'm sorry you'll never get to meet your grandparents or your uncles and your aunts and all your cousins, but I'm going to do my very best to make sure that even if you don't have blood family around you, you're going to be so surrounded by people who love you that it won't matter. I love you to all the moons and back again.
9. I miss you terribly. There are some days that I really really wish you could be here so I could talk to you but I can't, so... you just keep up the good work wherever you are and make sure you're watching out for my family for me, okay?
10. I will never, ever ever regret coming here, not even for a moment, because I would have spent the rest of my life wondering what might have happened to us if we'd be given our fair chance and now I know. Now I know that you make me happier than I ever thought I could be, that you're exactly the sort of man I knew you were, and that you still make me giddy when you smile at me. I still have to pinch myself sometimes to believe that it's all real, and that we're together and we're a family. If I had to choose between my family back home and our family here... then I would choose us. I love you more than pudding.