In loving memory of Anne,
Joannah Tincey is raising money for Macmillan Caring Locally
Team: Remembering Anne Tincey
In memory of Anne Tincey
Story
Mum was wonderful, funny, wise and beautiful. She created joy and connection everywhere she went. She would make friends instantly: at work, in restaurants, while shopping, sitting on planes, trains, buses, waiting in a queue. It drove me mad as a child, that simple tasks would take so long because mum would 'get stuck talking to somebody, ' but I later came to see that people were mum's gift.
Mum was first diagnosed with MND in 2010, and during her five years living with it, she met every challenge it presented to her with bravery and wonderful, inspiring acceptance. She continued to celebrate what she still had and she never once lost her gift: her love of people and her ability to connect with them.
When mum and dad first moved to Bournemouth in 2011, mum was put in touch with the Macmillan Unit, run by Macmillan Caring Locally. I think she was wary at first, she didn't want to spend a lot of time dwelling on her illness - wallowing she would have called it. She needn't have worried. What she found at the Day Centre, which she attended regularly every Wednesday, were more friends, more connections, more people to love, people facing similary challenges and getting the support they needed to do so. Macmillan Caring Locally enabled my mum to carry on doing what she did best: connecting with people. She loved her friends and the staff there, the Aromatherapy massages, the jokes (both clean and dirty), the visiting dogs. Even when she lost her voice, she carried on using the Eye Gaze machine determindly, her humour apparent even through the recorded voice (she was delighted by the way it pronounced Phuket).
I don't think that mum would ever have thought of herself as particularly brave, but she was.
To quote her long-time favourite Winnie the Pooh:
“If ever there is tomorrow when we're not together... there is something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think."
Mum didn't want flowers at her funeral, she wanted to give something back to Macmillan Local: so here's a page for her to do just that.
Thank you so much for your support.
Mum was first diagnosed with MND in 2010, and during her five years living with it, she met every challenge it presented to her with bravery and wonderful, inspiring acceptance. She continued to celebrate what she still had and she never once lost her gift: her love of people and her ability to connect with them.
When mum and dad first moved to Bournemouth in 2011, mum was put in touch with the Macmillan Unit, run by Macmillan Caring Locally. I think she was wary at first, she didn't want to spend a lot of time dwelling on her illness - wallowing she would have called it. She needn't have worried. What she found at the Day Centre, which she attended regularly every Wednesday, were more friends, more connections, more people to love, people facing similary challenges and getting the support they needed to do so. Macmillan Caring Locally enabled my mum to carry on doing what she did best: connecting with people. She loved her friends and the staff there, the Aromatherapy massages, the jokes (both clean and dirty), the visiting dogs. Even when she lost her voice, she carried on using the Eye Gaze machine determindly, her humour apparent even through the recorded voice (she was delighted by the way it pronounced Phuket).
I don't think that mum would ever have thought of herself as particularly brave, but she was.
To quote her long-time favourite Winnie the Pooh:
“If ever there is tomorrow when we're not together... there is something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think."
Mum didn't want flowers at her funeral, she wanted to give something back to Macmillan Local: so here's a page for her to do just that.
Thank you so much for your support.