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    Feb 20, 2020 5 minutes
    WORDS BY LAEA MARSHALL

    I’ve always believed that the secret to a happy life is not to take it too seriously.

    And when it comes to my family, that’s what gets us through every day.

    You see, all three of my children have autism.

    When I met my partner Kenny, now 43, back in 2005, it had been love at first sight.

    We got together pretty quickly and couldn’t wait to start a family of our own.

    And our dreams came true the following year when I fell pregnant.

    Cradling my growing bump, I dreamed of our happy future.

    Our son Stanley was born on 25 June 2007, a perfectly gorgeous little bundle of joy.

    ‘He’s beautiful,’ Kenny smiled.

    We quickly adapted to life as a family of three, got used to night feeds and nappy

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