Dear Haumea,

after a long absence here is your dad writing again. Not one day passes where we do not think of you and neither does any day come to a close where your Dad did not fall in love with your Mum again

Your Mum has so many qualities many obvious many more not so obvious that let my heart melt over and over again. Take for instance one day where I was rummaging for an implement to change the SIM card in our iPhone and before I knew it your Mum had removed her Tahitian pearl earring and handed it to me with the pin first. Or take the way your Mum handles stress and smiles and jokes in the face of adversity. Sadly there are lots of people where there is a massive gulf separating word and action and disappointment is looming but your mum just smiles and already thinks of an alternative. On the other hand your mum has earned the luck the call a handful of reliable, genuine and great friends her own and thanks to them everything fell into place on this trip of ours that we undertook to close or at least temporarily finish writing the chapter titled ‘New Zealand’ in the gripping Novel that is your Mum’s life. What remains are great friends, a handy Holiday and shopping destination and the need to rent a car to get around but a small prize to pay  of we can have each other and you.

We also tried to get a belated confirmation from the Dolphins but their larger relatives and our hearts already made a decision a long time ago so your Mum and I were happy with them turning up in great numbers and frolicking around the bow of our boat. When your Mum and I went out swimming one came up close to your mum so in case you were wondering about all these ultrasound sounds outside of a hospital environment and a cold one at that – yep – that was them whose intelligence and ways of life we still try to understand. One thing is clear, they enjoy loving one another just as much as we do, few creatures are able to.

Things are moving along nicely, you have grown considerably since my last post and all in all give us no trouble at all apart from causing havoc with your Mums hormones which she handles just as well as anything else life has thrown at her and believe you me that was rather a lot.

So from hereon I will simply have to be a good husband and dad and all will be easy sailing like a wake on the trade winds. So long my dear until my next post which I promise will be soon.

Love

Your Dad

Common Dolphins in the Bay Of IslandsANZAC Bay, Waiheke Island