Family

Today, I celebrate you, my baby boy, and the incredible young man you have become – happy birthday.

We raised each other, endured each other's punishments, and always fought for one another.

My little now big man, the day you were born, I walked into the hospital an independent woman and I walked out a mother.

In every painful moment in life, I looked at my dad, his love and his comforting voice were always bigger than the sadness of his daughter.

Sharon Naidoo and her mum, Shirley Moodley, share their perspectives in heartfelt letters to each other.