Well it happened to me again just a couple of days ago when I overheard a conversation between Trudie and Jaja that went something like this....
"Mum!"...."Mum!".....(no reply)
"MUM!"....(He's shouting now because they are in different rooms and he think's she cant hear him)
"MUM! CAN YOU NOT HEAR ME?!" (Meanwhile I'm in another room and I can hear him loud & clear!)
Next, the sound of footsteps in the hallway as Jaja goes looking for Trudie and I continue to eavesdrop....
"Mum! did you not hear me?"...."Oh I'm so sorry sweetheart, where you talking to me?"....
By now my curiosity had got the better of me and I entered the room to see Trudie putting down the book she had been reading as she turned to look at the puzzled look on Jaja's face as he queried "Well who else do we call 'Mum' in this house?"
Trudie's features were contorted into a picture of what I could only describe as 'surprise and new found realisation'. Surprise and realisation of what? I did not know at this stage but Trudie being Trudie (i.e. she loves to talk) I knew I would not have to wait long to find the answer....
"I'm not used to you calling me "Mum" yet....When I hear the word "Mum" I think whoever is saying it must be speaking to someone else because I spent so many years of my life thinking that 'Mum' would never be my name"...
Jaja knows all about the years we spent on IVF trying to get him and knew exactly where she was 'coming from' so there was no need for her to offer any more words by way of explanation and he scooped her up in his arms and whizzed her round and round as he shouted "MUM, MUM, MUM I LOVE YOU MUM"....He eventually put her down and vowed to use 'her name' more often in general conversation, then he gave her a big kiss and a hug before wondering off, back in the direction of his room. "Well, 'Son' what did you want me for anyway?"... "That was it, I just wanted to tell you that I love you Mum".....Cue 'Trudie tears'.....as he disappeared back into his room to carry on doing whatever he had been doing.
It was a wonderful moment to witness and reminded me of exactly why we wrote our book 'Dreams Do Come True' http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dreams-Do-Come-True-Bankruptcy/dp/190829308X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1377025219&sr=1-1&keywords=Dreams+Do+Come+True+Trudie+%26+Lloyd+Thompson. We want someone else out there to be able to say "Yes darling?" when their son or daughter calls out "Mum!" We want to afford someone the priceless gift of a child through IVF funded from sales of our book. We know there are so many couples who like us are wondering if their time will ever come to have a child because their only route to success is through IVF that they can not afford to pay for. Proceeds from sales of our book are going to fund IVF treatment for infertile couples at 'Saint Marys Hospital' in Manchester, the place where our journey towards parenthood started all those years ago.
I want to help as many guys as I possibly can in realising that magical moment when their own son or daughter looks up for the very first time and says to the woman they love, that oh so precious little word...."Mum"
Mum... that's my name!
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