4. Tell her who you are.

Don't pretend to be perfect. Tell her, I'm worried about, I'm excited about, I'm struggling with, I hope.

Children rarely get to know their parents as ordinary people until much later in life.

5. What happened this month?

Nothing dramatic, just ordinary life. School, holidays, family meals, your walks, funny moments, arguments that got resolved, favorite TV program, favorite song.

6. One lesson, not advice, just something life taught you recently.

7. Something you're grateful for, maybe just one thing.

8. Tell her what you hope never changes.

Maybe her curiosity, maybe her kindness, maybe her confidence.

Can I?

Finish simply, I love you. I'll probably record another one of these next month. Sleep well. That's enough.

One idea that really made me smile.

You're already wearing a microphone all day.

Imagine if once a year you sat down with Anna when she's older and played her one of these recordings from exactly ten years earlier.

Not a polished film, just you, walking home, saying, open quote, you're six today.

You don't know it, but you spent twenty minutes explaining why worms...