~HE WAS VERY, VERY SPECIAL – AND WAS SO FROM THE START~ ALL THINGS STARTED IN APRIL, 1989 WHEN I MET WITH MY FUTURE HUSBAND, ANTHONY FOR THE FIRST TIME. I WAS 23 YEARS OLD, TONY 30. AFTER NOT A LONG TIME WE STARTED DATING. WE BOTH HAD OUR BAD EXPERIENCES, BUT IT’S NOT THE TIME TO DESCRIBE THEM. WHAT I WANT TO TELL, THAT TONY BECAME MY BEST FRIEND, THE MOST IMPORTANT PERSON IN MY LIFE AND MY SOUL-MATE AS WELL. MY FAMILY ADORED MY PARTNER TOO AND HIS FAMILY WAS KIND WITH ME ALSO. OUR MARRIAGE WAS ON SEPTEMBER 16, 1990, IT WAS A SUNDAY. OF COURSE I WANTED A CHILD SOON ’COS I SEE ALL MY FRIENDS HAVING THEIR CURLY-HAIRED, CRUMMY LIL’ BABIES AND THEY WERE SO CUTE AND MY MOTHERLY FEELINGS CAME OUT. A YEAR WENT AWAY AND WE HAD NO BABY. ANOTHER, AND ANOTHER YEAR PASSED AND WE TRIED EVERYTHING WE COULD. I HAD TWO MISCARRIAGES, ONE AT 11 WEEKS IN 1997 /BABY DIED OF TRISOMY 18/ AND ONE AT 7 WEEKS IN 2001 /CAUSE UNKNOWN/. IT REALLY MADE ME SAD AND I CRIED A LOT, I THOUGHT I WOULD NEVER EVER BE A MOTHER. WE STARTED TO THINK ABOUT ADOPTATION WITH TONY. BUT THEN MIRACLE HAPPENED AFTER 15 YEARS OF IMPATIENT WAITING. IN APRIL, 2006 I FOUND OUT I WAS PREGNANT AGAIN. I DIDN’T WANT TO THINK WHAT WILL NEXT. TO TELL THE TRUTH I WAS AFRAID OF A NEW DISAPPOINTMENT. BUT BABY CARRIED ON FOR THE NEXT 2 MONTHS AND WHEN I LOOKED AT THE MIRROR, I SAW MY WOMB IS DIFFERENT. MORNING SICKNESS CAME SOMETIMES, BUT OTHERWISE I HAD A GOOD PREGNANCY. I WAS 40 YEARS OLD AT THIS TIME AND I WAS TOLD TO BE VERY CAREFUL AND OF COURSE THERE WAS A BIG RISK OF A LATE MISCARRIAGE OR NEONATAL BIRTH. WELL, MY BABY GREW AND WAS PERFECT. I WAS OVER THE MOON AND LOOKING FORWARD TO BECOME A FIRST TIME MUM FINALLY. TONY WAS ALSO VERY EXCITED AS OUR LITTLE BEBBAH WAS HIS FIRST BABY TOO. I DIDN’T CARE OF ANYONE WHO TOLD ME, I WAS TOO OLD TO BE A MOTHER. IT’S INCREDIBLE HOW A BIG CHANGE CAN MAKE IN LIFE SUCH A TINY LITTLE BABY. CAMERON LOOKED LIKE A BEAN (WE CALLED HIM JELLYBEAN), BUT I LOVED HIM MORE THAN ANYTHING.