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    Iʼve raised £6,491 to publish ONLY ONE OF ME, a book to help parents talk about terminal diagnosis. Original £5k target reached in days! MORE FUNDS = MORE BOOKS.

    Frome, UK
    Funded on Thursday, 1st November 2018

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    ***UPDATE: HUGE THANKS FOR HELPING US REACH OUR TARGET SO QUICKLY! The more we raise, the more books we can get into the hands of families who need them. The project is only going to be in the spotlight for a brief period but the overwhelming amount of goodwill you are all showing will last forever. THANK YOU!***

    Imagine being told you wouldn’t live long enough to spend another summer with your kids. That's what happened to Lisa Wells.

    In 2017 at the age of 32, Lisa was diagnosed with terminal bowel and liver cancer. Lisa's doctors suggest she has between just two and twelve months to live.

    She is facing the reality of leaving behind a loving husband and two wonderful little daughters, Ava-Lily and Saffia. It's heartbreaking. But Lisa is a remarkable human being - she plans on helping mend broken hearts.

    She's determined to leave a special message behind; a lasting legacy that won't just help her own family deal with her loss, but will also help other families like hers to deal with bereavement.

    Lisa has teamed up with bestselling children's author Michelle Robinson to write a book that helps families who find themselves in this situation. (You can read more about the project here, and you can also read the book text itself: http://michellerobinson.co.uk/only-one-of-me/)

    #OnlyOneOfMe already has a publisher (thank you, Graffeg!) and the support of We Hear You cancer counselling (thank you, WHY!). We now need help to pay an illustrator and to cover print and distribution costs. If we can get cracking, we'll be able to publish ONLY ONE OF ME in time for Lisa to hold her book in her hands and to share it with Ava-Lily and Saffia. So, WE REALLY NEED YOUR HELP.

    The resulting book (TWO books, actually - we'll be printing a mum version and a dad version) will be made available to all, but the key intention is for it to be distributed to charities, hospitals and hospices so that it gets into the hands of people who really need it. You can help make that happen.

    Every pound will help. THANK YOU SO MUCH!

    Michelle and Lisa xxx

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    • Michelle Robinson6 years ago
      Michelle Robinson

      Michelle Robinson

      6 years ago

      We publish tomorrow! Thanks so much again for your support. Early copies of the book have already begun to make their way where they’re needed. 😊👍

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      6 years ago
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    281

    • Shelly

      Shelly

      Oct 22, 2018

      To Michelle & Lisa, here's a little more to help your beautiful book reach all the families who need it. xxx

    • Anonymous

      Anonymous

      Oct 12, 2018

      £10.00

    • Michelle Robinson

      Michelle Robinson

      Sep 10, 2018

      Donation from Stephanie C.Tanner via eBay bid - thank you, Stephanie!

      £86.00

    • Katherine Syrett

      Katherine Syrett

      Sep 6, 2018

      What a lovely idea and beautiful poem.

      £5.00

    • Anonymous

      Anonymous

      Sep 5, 2018

      £30.00

    • Michael Herd

      Michael Herd

      Sep 4, 2018

      Such a good cause

      £20.00

    • Anonymous

      Anonymous

      Sep 3, 2018

      This is from the sale of David Roberts' art on eBay!

      £350.00

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    Frome, UK

    Check out more of the back story here - including the actual book text for Only One Of Me. http://michellerobinson.co.uk/only-one-of-me/

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