A lovely thought!

Ah ,

janthea that is beautiful, I will share it with my daughter. It says so much in so few words

nightowl* My thoughts exactly!

janthea...thank you for sharing

That's lovely; I will share it with my daughters, two of whom are 'imminent' so it will appeal to them too.

Janthea, that's lovely. I'm going to make a note of it. Thank you.

This is my first post so here goes.
' A lovely thought' is just that but you can't say 'only one' if you have two
beloved children. Any ideas?

Welcome miltonmum...you could say...'each of you'

Very true, need to reword it slightly so as not to offend! Can't think how though. In fact I can't think at all; I have lurked around on gransnet all day and really need to get myself up and doing something. Come to think of it I haven't eaten much at all today so maybe there is a plus side. Welcome to gransnet miltonmum hope you will like it here

Good thinking soop

Welcome miltonmum

Hi miltonmum

janthea you could make it "ones who know..."

Similar theme but coming from a different angle -

Not flesh of my flesh nor bone of my bone
And yet so very much my own.
Never forget for even a minute
You didn't grow under my heart but in it.

It was sent to me when we adopted DD1 and meant a lot to me at the time.

And probably still does em

Hello milton hope to see you around

Yes em I have come across that before with adopted children and I love the message. Love for your children is the same wherever they grow

Gosh; that made my eyes fill up.

jacey How does this sound -

No one will ever know the strength of my love for you. After all you're the only ones who know what my heart sounds like from the inside.

Obviously I didn't write the original - not clever enough!!!

Thanks for warm welcome. I have already had many laughs and a few tears with you so I thought I would celebrate my birthday yesterday along with Willie Wobbledagger and St.George by posting a message. Thanks for alternatives -- still not quite right to put in a birthday card but I'll think about it.

miltonmum could you just say "after all, you know what my heart sounds like etc "

Yes, or 'After all, you are one of the only two who know etc...'

sorry janthea I have just committed plagiarism, I sent your words to my daughter, they were lovely!

POGS I committed the same plagiarism! Not my words!