14th February 2016

Hi Sam, Good morning son, its a chilling frosty sunday morning as i write this message to you. I hope you are well and enjoying your weekend. Granny is getting better and is asking for you lots, I tell her you are sending your love and say asks me to say she loves and misses you. I would like to share a photo with you sam...

This is a photo of me shaking your hand just hours after you were born, you grasped my finger then and i was so very happy and proud of you then and I remain proud of you now and just like 12 years ago when I was there in that neonatal ward seated beside your incubator watching over you and caring for you, now today and always I feel the same and am always here for you when ever you need me. You are my son and my best friend, no one can replace you just as no one can replace me as your father. When you were in hospital for 5 months as a baby i traveled from Falkirk to the hospital in stirling twice a day to be with you, feed you, hold you and care for you. These 5 months I took off my work and only returned to work when you came home and you were healthy. I returned to work so I would be paid so then I could buy you the food, clothes and toys you needed and pay the bills for our home. Each and every evening when I returned home from work you and I use to play, I loved holding you as a little baby, I loved your hugs and I need these hugs now Sam cause I miss you my son and will never give up fighting to have you in my life again.

Never forget what it was like when you and I were together Sam, always remember with your own mind how I love you and play with you, never allow anyone to tell you different cause I loved you then as I love you now and will love you forever son. Daddy