Marios 1 year anniversary

7 February 2007 was a day of celebration as it has been 1 year since Mario came into our family as a son, nephew, cousin, grandchild and friend. Yes there are days that have been hard and a real struggle but these can pale into insignificance when you have so many days of bright cheery smiles and a little boy that is so active it is exhausting.

We celebrated the day with his mates in our usual Wednesday morning playgroup with a swim and a play and some eats. Our evening meal was nice and simple - chinese followed by an ice cream cake. To end the evening the photos and the video came out to remind ourselves what an amazing year it had been.

The photos at HMV show this dear little boy with the saddest look in his eyes. He was also an impish little boy running around with a biscuit in each hand and would stop for a drink of pineapple juice and would be off again running with his little mate, Judah. I remember the tears in my eyes, the tears in the sisters eyes and driving away. I didn't know whether to be happy or sad. After that we were in for a rude shock as we were completely in the dark and had no idea what we were doing. Probably still don't but we are getting better at it and just moving with the flow.

So dear Mario was a wonderful year and a wonderful life we are all sharing together. There are lots more to come.