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A letter to my loves

“Follow the song of your heart and trust that knowing feeling that sits in your tummy, the one that tingles and guides you”

TERESA PALMER, ACTRESS

MUM TO BODHI (PICTURED), FOREST AND POET

To my beautiful children,

When I was a child, I didn’t get to do the things that you do or have the stuff that you have, but it didn’t matter because I had the most fun mum on the block! Your nanna, my mum, taught me the importance of being playful. She played with me every day, we were spirited children enjoying life as mama and daughter. She let me be free, wild and me. It’s so important to be like that with your children, which is why I’m so playful, goofy and silly with you! We are always having fun, being mischievous and filling our days with laughter, and that’s because your nanna taught me that life is far too short to worry about things that we cannot control. Focus on what you have as opposed to what you don’t have. You will always have an abundance of happiness, adventure and people who love you. These are the seeds that have helped to form such loving, soulful, caring children. Share that with others. Don’t take it all so seriously. Being your

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