TRUE SPIRIT
Looking at all the gifts stacked under the tree, I tried to get my two-yearold son excited.
‘Archie, it’s time for presents!’ I said, eagerly.
But Archie just shook his head, laying down on the sofa.
It really wasn’t the kind of Christmas Day we’d expected.
It was 2019, and our first Christmas as a family of four.
‘I don’t understand what’s wrong,’ I said worryingly to my husband Andi, 43.
I’d imagined Archie ripping open his stocking and helping his little sister Leah, then nine months, open her gifts.
It was so unusual to see him like this – he was such a hyper, energetic little boy, that always had a massive smile on his face.
He enjoyed playing outside, and .
