Vicki Cockerill - NICU MUM Blog

Cockerills go voting Dear Elijah, You didn’t really understand what was going on this morning, or the importance of today. Other than the library looking different and not being able to look at the books like you normally do you had no idea what mummy and daddy were doing. We explained we had to go and vote, go in and tick a little box. That little box is your future. Your unborn brother or sister’s future. The next five years. Until we had you, we were never too bothered about voting, partially not understanding the importance of a lost vote or just being too cool to care. I always took those women who fought so hard for us to be able to go and vote for granted. But they should be honoured, remembered and thanked that we do have the ability to be part of the decision of how our country is run. I  believed that I wouldn’t be able to change the country with my vote, so what was the point? I didn’t want to vote for those parties so why bother? Howev...

The brilliant Jade features today with a #mamaissue that is going on right now. That the outcome will affect thousands of families,  hardworking families, loving families. The election is less than one week away and campaigns are in full swing. But, what happens if you know that YOUR FAMILY will be affected by the decision, that you have no control on as you cannot vote. That your children will be affected by, your husband? When you are now beginning to face prejudice every single day because of one man and his campaign? What do you do? Here is Jade's beautifully written but incredibly raw account of her family being affected by the election 16. 'When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best. They're not sending you. They're not sending you. They're sending people that have lots of problems, and they're bringing those problems with us. They're bringing drugs. They';re bringing crime. They're rapists. And some, I assume, are good...