ALICE...
anne nixon-ellery
sooooooo… our baby lamb Alice brings so much joy! When I got the text about her I ran to find Mike to tell him, he is not religious at all. He said well you know what this is… a year ago today was your Dad’s funeral & you have been so upset, he’s fixed this to make you happy… A chill went through me.
My Dad’s mum was called Alice & so was his favorite aunt, who had a small holding in a village in Audlem, Cheshire in North West England. That’s who he’d visit when he was on leave from the army.
My Dad also used to read me Alice in Wonderland, I love that book! I have just finished the book ‘The Hazel Wood’ which is magical & fairy talesque & the main character is Alice… Alice 3 times. Great book by the way.
Believing that my Dad may be behind this… Alice seemed the perfect name!
She was born the second twin & as is very common smaller & rejected by her mum.
Alice hasn’t completely grasped the sucking on a bottle thing & only takes very small amounts at a time. I’m doing my best to up her weight.
Peaches, one of our permanent fosters, (I don’t like to use the word foster ‘failure’, that word serves for nothing good) has taken a real shine to Alice & they have become good friends!
Bum in the air!
Snuggle buddys ❤️
I wonder though what Peaches will think when Alice becomes 10 times bigger than she is!