Pick Me Up!

RAISE YOU UP

Watching my three boys play a game of football in the garden, I almost had to pinch myself.

For most mums this would be nothing out of the ordinary, but for me, this moment had been a long time coming.

And as I watched Mylo, 10, and his younger twin brothers, Clay and Saul, eight, I could feel myself getting emotional.

It was May this year and just six months before, Saul – who has cerebral palsy – was confined to a wheelchair.

He couldn’t even get out of bed on his own and now there he was, running around with his two brothers.

He still needed a walker to help him, but the difference was remarkable.

My husband Stuart, 44, and I first discovered Saul had the condition when he was just 18 months

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