"Our beautiful baby girl, Norah Faith, was born on 29th May 2018, weighing 8lbs. She was just perfect; the most beautiful little dot we'd ever laid eyes on, it was love at first sight!
Unfortunately our brief moment of ecstasy soon turned into a nightmare as Norah showed no signs of life and didn't breathe for the first 18 minutes of her life. She was whisked off to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit where doctors tried relentlessly to find any sign of hope that Norah would improve. But it was not to be.

After just 9 hours and 56 minutes with us, Norah spread her wings and joined the other angels in the sky. Her last 30 minutes were the most precious of our lives - my wife and I having cuddles with her, with no machines or wires keeping her alive. I will never forget how beautifully calm and peaceful those minutes were, just the 3 of us, even though we knew they would be our first and last with Norah alive in our arms.

The weeks and months following have been the hardest of my life. not knowing where to turn, who to talk to. I just wanted to lock myself away and never come out. Sands United are providing me that outlet with over 30 men to talk to that know exactly what I am feeling. And for this I am so thankful.

We always believed Norah would teach us far more than we could ever teach her and this has proved to be so true, even without her here in our arms.
Norah Faith, Daddy loves you