Today is Adam's birthday, and it is hard for me to grasp that it has been 3 years since that grey morning in Slough. I used to throw a big party on this occasion, this year I am not in the mood for celebration, so I'll leave you with excerpts from my journal entry on Adam's first birthday. It seems like it was ages ago. Please don't be put off by the over-sentimental and sugary prose, I was still high on the joys of motherhood! "...All of our neighbors showed up as well as my aunt, my cousins... Sign in to see full entry.