TRUE-LIFE Chloe Ingrey-Smith, 39, Epsom, Surrey
Prepping dinner, I heard a familiar request from the living room.
‘Cuggle,’ my son Ellis said to his big sister Lily.
I peeped in, saw her wrapping him a hug.
It was July 2023, and cuddle was Ellis’ favourite word, though he couldn’t quite say it properly.
Ellis, then 1, and Lily, 4, were two peas in a pod.
Lily was a born big sister, a little mother hen, always happy to share her toys.
And though Ellis was a happy boy with a cheeky smile, he’d been blighted by constant illness.
Chest infections, spiking temperatures…
More recently, he’d had a stay in hospital following some seizures.
We still hadn’t got to the bottom of it, despite being under consultant care and having streams…
