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I am running the Great North Run on September 16  to help raise funds for the Stroke Association.

 

In 1996 our family was affected by stroke when my much loved Mum, Verena West , suffered a stroke, whilst she was visiting my family after the birth of her grandson. She was never to return to the family home in South Shields. After spending six months in a local hospital in Hertfordshire, Mum went to live in a nursing home, until she died of a further stroke in 2005.

Stroke is devastating to families. Stroke not only affects adults, but babies and children too. 150,000 families are affected by stroke every year, and the Stroke Association offer amazing support to these families.

I am therefore very excited (and very nervous!!) about running the GNR- especially as the race finishes in South Shields, my hometown! As I am celebrating my 50th birthday that weekend- I felt that it would be really special to run back to my birthplace in memory of my Mum!

Training could be better- due to an on-going knee problem – but this run means so much to me, as anything to help the Stroke Association in supporting other families dealing with stroke will make it all worthwhile!

All donations will be hugely appreciated! Your donations do make a difference. Please follow this link to see what type of support your donations can make!

 http://www.stroke.org.uk/webform/make-donation

 

Thank you !

 Jackie xxx

 

"The mother is everything - she is our consolation in sorrow, our hope in misery, and our strength in weakness. She is the source of love, mercy, sympathy, and forgiveness. He who loses his mother loses a pure soul who blesses and guards him constantly." -- Kahlil Gibran

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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