drug dependant baby, advice needed

rip indeed.

you truly have a rich legacy in those children emin. the world is a better place for having had you in it.

Amanda this thread has touched me so much, I only really started reading as I also have a young dd and could not believe what your dm was doing for this poor little baby, I never thought the thread would end the way it did :(

You really do have a mum to be proud of though, what a special person she was. Will be thinking of you all on the 12th xxxx

Will be thinking of you on Thursday. X

Just a quick thank you for all of the kind messages for mum (EMIN). We will miss her forever and already we can feel the huge hole she has left behind in our lives.

Her funeral is on Thursday (12th September) at 2:30 and we are trying our best to make sure that we make her proud.

I told dad earlier about all of the kind words that people have left for her on various threads and the fact that this particular thread was moved into Classics and he was very proud that mum managed to touch even a few people with stories of something that she loved doing - fostering babies - so again thank you so much.
Amanda.

Oh god what a beautiful thing you had done.

R.I.P Emin you were a very beautiful, lovely woman.

Well done MNHQ for recognising that this thread deserves special place.

I never saw this thread before and have just read it in tears. What a wonderful inspiring woman you were EMIN! The babies you have looked after will be your enduring legacy. RIP xx

RIP emin. What an amazing strong woman. Truly an inspiration xx

Xx

Words don't seem enough to convey the sorrow I feel about EMIN... I never knew her in real life (obviously) but wow.... just wow.

I hope the families with "her" babies will make her live on in memory for all she did for them

I'm so sad

I pray for peace and strength to all who loved EMIN

Active convos showed the news from EMIN's daughter & led me here. This thread has kept me company while I've been feeding my lo. Thinking of your family EMIN, Rest in Peace.

I've never read one of these threads before, but I am humbled by EMIN's capacity for love and compassion

Thoughts are with her family at this very sad time

I have only just read this thread today having seen the sad news. At the time of this thread, I wasn't a member of MN. I joined in April 13, after we brought home our beautiful DD, aged 10 mo. A gorgeous girl who had been with an amazing foster family since just after birth, and who had had to withdraw from heroin.

I have read the thread with tears pouring down my face. EMIN, you were one of life's angels; those amazing people who inspire all those around them . You will have changed the lives of so many children.

God bless you and all your family. Rest in Peace x

I have read this thread several times since EMIN started it, and it makes me cry every single time.

EMIN was a truly amazing woman and the world will certainly be a slightly dimmer place without her in it.

I don't doubt for a second that she is somewhere wonderful looking down on all of her foster children and her family.

RIP EMIN.

Like many others, I've only just come across this thread. What a wonderful story, but a sad, sad ending. My thoughts and prayers are with EMIN's family. What a wonderful woman she was.

I have just read this entire thread from start to finish with no idea why a zombie thread had appeared. I've been crying and optimistic throughout.

What an inspirational woman. What a wonderful way with words and how unfair life can be.

Love and strength to her family, her babies and her babies families. She had touched a lot of hearts

Just read the entire thread from start to finish with no idea of what was to come and why it had been bumped. Enormous lump in throat right now. What a sad loss of a truly remarkable woman.

Wow. Never cried at a thread before...til now.

What a truly remarkable woman. A part of her will live on in all of those babies she has taken fantastic care of and given the best possible start in life.

RIP EMIN xx

Am also in tears having just read this thread the whole way through. What an amazingly courageous and loving heart you had. You will be remembered and will live on in others hearts, certainly I'm sure I won't forget you. Catch up on your your sleep now...

Have just read this whole thread and it has broken my heart all the way through. But to find out at the end this amazing woman has lost her life is devastating.

RIP to a fantastic lady. You have done an amazing job with your time here. The letter you left for your little girl will bring her so much comfort and strength in the future.

Started reading this by chance (never been in this section before) and it has touched me so much!

Never thought at the start that it would have this ending. So so sad, rest in peace EMIN, you truly are a wonderful person

Should this not be in mumsnet classics? Not for the usual entertainment reasons but because it is the most touching thread I've ever read.

No words, RIP

What an amazing woman.
Rest in peace, so sad that the best in life are taken early.
My thoughts are with you and your family