Pick Me Up! Special

You’ve got a friend in me

Watching as my two-year-old son played on the nearby slides, I was so happy.

I was on a family holiday with my son Alfie, fiancé Aaron, now 39, and his daughter Sophie, now 13.

Soaking up the Spanish sun, we were having the holiday of a lifetime in June 2018.

We had such an amazing getaway, but by the time we arrived back home, we were in the swing of family life.

Aaron went back to work and Sophie back to school.

With just me and Alfie at home, we fell back into our routine.

He would happily play with his favourite Slinky Dog toy whilst watching Toy Story, too.

He had tripped over his Slinky

He was obsessed with the films and Slinky Dog was his favourite.

One day, around a month after we arrived

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