Dear You

Dear you

We are going to meet in late March next year if everything goes according to plan.

Its funny that M and I have not met you and we already love you so much. Every morning I look into the mirror and feel in awe of my tummy. It gets bigger and bigger. I use to be a little obsessed on keeping fit, but now I enjoy eat all the foods so that you get to have some too.

Today I want to write you a note, because yesterday this big country called America has elected its new president. This is a big deal to the world. Although M and I both aren’t American citizens, we both felt the result has shaken us to the core. The reason is that this world is connected in ways it has never been before. What happens to one part of the world can also have a significant impact on people like us. We are just a little worried what this new president represent might be the complete opposite of what we believe in. His values and ideas hopefully wont shift the world to the dark side.

What kind of a world will welcome your arrival ? I dont know yet. However I do have some hopes. I want it to be an open space, with lots of opportunities. These opportunities are not just for people to make more wealth, instead they are to enable us as human beings to do more good, to create meaningful things and beautiful things.

We will move back to New Zealand on the 31st of Dec, celebrate the new year in air, and arrive NZ on the first day of 2017. I really hope you will have a childhood that is green, clean, safe and the same time full of little wonderful adventures. I cant guarantee the world will be the safest to your generation, as it has never been 100% safe, but I will do my absolute best to make you feel that you can achieve anything you want, be who you want and go anywhere you wish.

Next Monday we will know if you are a girl or a boy. If you are a girl, just remember, girls can be president too. If you are a boy, just remember violence and war never solved any problems, I hope you have enough wisdom and courage to help others.

Till then

Your mum