For all you Mums&Dads in Oz & Coming to Oz leaving Children in the UK

[Stuju]

Hi All,
Well its Saturday March 29th here down under & for all you mums & dads in oz & coming to oz leaving children in the uk, i just thought i would write this thread.

For those of you that have read previous posts of mine may know that I have 2 children in the uk (girls 21 & almost 18) and one here in oz with me (girl 14)

My middle daughter Milly is 18 TODAY (not quite in the uk yet) and as many of us have mentioned on the posts & different threads how hard it is to be so far away from loved ones.

So this morning I got up with a huge smile on my face with the thoughts that 18 years ago today i produced a wonderful baby girl who has turned into a fantastic, beautiful, caring, unique, amazing sense of humour, individual and is very precious to me. Of course i miss her so very very much but i will be on the phone & video link when she is up in her morning and having a glass or 2 & more to toast her.


Milly (michelle) is the one with the hat on & her mate

Ok so some of you may know be thinking arrghh sentimental
%#$@& - but i just wanted to get across that even if there is thousands of miles between us all & our loved ones we can still keep smiling & laughing and sometimes is not as hard as we think its going to be.
Best wishes
Gizmo x

[nikci]

Hi Gizmo,

Just wanted to say what a beautiful young lady Michelle is - was great to put a face to the name having heard some much about her. Hope she has a wonderful day and that you don't miss her tooo much today.

Chat soon,
Nikci

[KP Nuts]

Wishing you a very happy 18th birthday, hope you have a great day.

KP Nuts

Not sentimental at all Gizmo, just a very proud MUM...

[asylon]

Aww Gizmo, as a Mum that brought tears to my eyes.
Well done you.
Ax

[leanneandmark]

Wow she is gorgeous!!! Good for you think positive and positive it will be!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh and Happy Birthday Milly

[THE JONEZYS]

MILLY, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR 18TH BIRTHDAY, ENJOY YOUR DAY!!

Gizmo, know exactly how you are feeling, my eldest son turned 21 back in January and the only way we new to get thro' the day was to put on a smile and raise a glass or two for him!!
He is now, very unexpectedley, here with us in Aus.....only been here 12 days but so far luvin it and planin on stayin.
Chin up and try and enjoy the day too.
Lesleyx

[Stuju]

Originally Posted by THE JONEZYS

MILLY, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR 18TH BIRTHDAY, ENJOY YOUR DAY!!

Gizmo, know exactly how you are feeling, my eldest son turned 21 back in January and the only way we new to get thro' the day was to put on a smile and raise a glass or two for him!!
He is now, very unexpectedley, here with us in Aus.....only been here 12 days but so far luvin it and planin on stayin.
Chin up and try and enjoy the day too.

Lesleyx

Hi Lesley, Thats great that your son is now with you - shame he didnt know my other daughter in uk who turned 21 in Feb this year he could of brought her with him LOL
Gizmo x

[gymtastic]

hey gizmo dnt get on here often but saw your blog on milly , my son was 21 at end january and we had a party via webcam ..how good is that yep we miss him very much my daughter too ,hopefully she is comming out for a year in november ,cant wait ..happy bday milly such a stunner ..hope it was good ..miles of smiles to every pom on here ..we in process of moving we in nsw ..and movin around the macarthur region ..so we surrounded by box ,s mmm cool ..

[THE JONEZYS]

.............If she looks anything like Milly, then I am sure he would be happy to know her, she is gorgeous!!!
See, these kids just dont know what they are missing out on!! Can anyone remember what age you are when you finally realise that mum knows best?? I think perhaps it was as soon as I had kids, shame it takes that long, eh!!

[ali]

Milly is beautiful and she must have a great mum for her to turn out to be a kind and caring girl. I hope she has a brilliant day - and what a wonderful attitude to celebrate with her despite the miles that seperate you .... I think she's a lucky girl too.

Ali