Mateo Gerard Drake

08/03/2026

To my dearest son,

Today marks six years since we walked out of that hospital without you, since my heart shatted in pieces.

Leaving you there, knowing I would never hear your laughter or hold you in my arms again, remains the hardest moment of my life.

I feel the weight of every milestone missed and every memory we didn't get to make. There are so many beautiful moments where I look for you, wishing you were here to share them with us.

Not a single day passes where you aren't in my thoughts, my sweet baby angel.

You were gone too soon, and I miss you more than words can ever say.

30/12/2025

It was another Christmas without you… and soon, another year.

This year was filled with surprises—both good and bad. We shared laughter and tears, and we met new people along the way.

Part of this year I finally accepted that you were called to heaven and began my healing, though not a single day has passed without you in my thoughts and in my heart.

It is sure to say it was be better year but my biggest wish still remain the same, I wish was to hold you once more time. Put your hair up like a little girl, play with your little toes, and hear your unique sound you use to make.

Althouth i know this wish will only be granted when will meet again, I want to Thank you for being part of my life, even it was a short moment, you allowed me to love you, and now taught me to cherish the moments with Amber and Tobias and our love ones.

I love you, Mateo, I wish you were still here.

Your wings were ready, but my heart wasn’t.

I miss you, Toto

07/02/2025

Your brother know so much about you, as you never left. I tell you my best memories of you and he know why you can’t be with us. Not a day goes by without talking about you and today Tobias wanted to show me how he learnt to pray. His prayer went straight to you “I love you Mateo” 4 years 11months We miss you lil man

07/01/2025

I asked your little brother to make a wish while throwing a coin in a fountain and what he said broke my heart “ I wish Mateo was alive with us again”
We told him everything about you baby and not a day goes by without us thinking of you.

We miss you

4years 10months

07/10/2024

4 years 7 months I can only wish you come and talk to me in my dreams I miss you

08/09/2024

It’s hard to believe that it’s been 4 years and 6 months, time has flaw by!

So much has changed, Amber and Tobias are growing and flourishing, while your beautiful soul remains for ever 20 months old…

I miss you laugh and how made my heart melt, I miss your cheekiness and your gentle soul.

Our journey was brief and I’d never know more than those 20 months spent with you but I hope I can one day find you and be reunited to spend my eternity with you.

Mum ❤️

05/07/2024

Happy heavenly 6th birthday baby, hope you’ve received our love messages, and enjoyed watching us trying to race our balloons up to you.

We miss you

07/05/2024

Since you grew your wings life hasn’t been the same. We made new friend we lost some… we laugh and cried… we had high and low… but not a day we forget that you were an important part of our life. Not one day we forget how your laugh would melt our heart… only the other day telling Amber how you put your chin as soon as our hands were in front of you and squint your eyes and enjoyed the moment…. I miss those moments… I wish we had time to make more memories together

I miss you

4years 2 months

07/04/2024

You never realise how life is unpredictable, how on blink of the eye you life can change.
Sometime you take it for granted until you get that wake up call, when you think it’s a nightmare but only thing is you don’t wake up you learn to live it.

You learn to hold onto your pain to so you never forget that it was real that it wasn’t a dream.

You weren’t a dream you were real and you have bought me so much happiness.

I dearly wish that you got to meet your brother, he is trouble but I know you’d be his favorite cause that just the kid of baby you were, easy to love.

4 years 1 month always and for ever in my heart

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05/04/2024

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07/03/2024

It is hard to believe that it’s been 4 years since you left us, and unfairly taken away from us.

You were the baby we planned and were ready to have, and unfortunately this World was too hard for you, and life has decided that you were the baby that wasn’t meant to be with us for ever.

As much as it was a very emotional day, I was happy to be surrounded by the people that weren’t all blood related but we still call aunty and uncle. The people present today loved you and always had only good thing to say about you. Your papa and nana were also here for the first time which made it even more beautiful.

We were talking about your crazy laught you had because of your plobsession with hair, and how Tobias is always talking about you the last few days. Always asking about why you’re in the sky and why we can’t see you, and he also says that he loves you as he had met you before he was born.

I hope you were with us today listening to the kids yelling out that they miss you and I hope you were watching us writing our messages in the balloons before letting them go. We always try to have a balloon race and try to see which balloons will get to you first….this time we took extra precautions that they didn’t get stuck in the trees.

Thanks you aunty Mel and Tai for your thoughtful prayers you made it special

I miss you little man

07/02/2024

Always in my hearts,
always in my mind,
Always so maybe ifs, and so many why?

So many time dreaming of holding you again but only to wake up to reality… that my dream will never come true.
I miss you and never forget about you.

Hope you like the flowers Tobias chose for you.

4 years 11 months