A long goodbye
Watching my mum Jenny, then 73, beam with joy as I handed over my newborn son Lewis, I felt a pang of sadness.
‘It’s your first grandchild!’ I said, tears in my eyes.
It was July 2016 and Mum and my dad John, then 70, were the first visitors to the Maternity ward.
Mum gazed at baby Lewis with pure love.
But as we chatted afterwards, we had the
