Writing this post I knew would come with a whole lot of emotion that I wasn’t quite sure I was ready to feel yet, however, knowing what will come out of this post helps speaking about it more manageable. 

Within the last two years our family have lost two of the most special, kind hearted and beautiful souls. 

On the 8th of July 2022, we lost my nan. Even though by blood, that isn’t the correct relative term, she was never any less than that. She came into my life and showed me that you don’t have to be born into a family, to become part of a family. Sadly, the world had cruel plans and for a very long while she was fighting a terminal illness. This women was one of the strongest women I will ever come across, and not once did she let it defeat her mentally. She fought harder than anything and even during all of that, she was still the most beautiful human inside and out and never once let it define her. 

On the 6th of March 2023, we lost my grandad. From being a child, up until this very year, I have never felt so completely comforted and safe, but a grandads love is a whole another type love which you are unable to even describe. From his catchable laugh to the safest, warmest hugs, he really was the purest and most easy to love man. His strength made me so proud and he fought so hard for all of us. 

These two incredible people amazed me every time I sore them because they never once let anyone tell them that they couldn’t do it and for so long, up until the very end they kept a smile on their faces. That to me is a complete hero and I will forever wish to have the courage that they both did. 

During this period, both my nan and grandad were supported by @stcatherineshospice and throughout the whole journey, they never once let us down. The lovely staff supported my nan from home and in the end my grandad went into the hospice and they supported him incredibly there. I never really understood what a hospice was up until a couple of years ago, but after the journey with my grandparents, I realised that all the staff at st Catherine’s, as well as at all the other hospices, there not just staff, they are also heroes. There’s nothing anyone can do enough to say thank you for doing everything you can in order to make the people who mean so much to you, the most comfortable during the saddest part within their lifetime. We can only do what we can in order to in some way show just how much it means and just how thankful we are for being so amazing. Due to this on the 7th of April 2024 I will be running the London Landmarks Half marathon to raise money for such a special hospice that means so much to my whole family now. 

Running has always been something I told myself I couldn’t do, and with a few people in my life who encouraged it I slowly started to realise you only can’t do what you tell yourself you can’t, you can do anything that you put your mind too and with this I will be training and running 13.1 miles around all the main parts of London. 

My target is to raise £1500 and anything donated means so much to me and my family. To help contribute to this also, I will planning and running an event at the start of next year which will be in celebration of both my nan and grandad, raising money to go towards my target for st Catherine’s hospice<3

My running journey has only just properly started and there is still a lot of work to do, however, i am doing this for them and also to prove myself wrong because you can do anything if you put your mind to it. I will be posting updates on my just giving page if anyone is interested in seeing the progress that I will hopefully be able to make a long the way.