We managed to get her home for a short time but before long she was back in hospital and then back to John Taylor. As the youngest in my family, it was hard knowing my mum would not make it to our wedding in 2011, let alone know she wouldn't be there day to day for the simplest of things, like she always was.

In the last remaining weeks of mum's life we had very little hope but what we did have was peace of mind that mum was receiving the best care she/we could hope for. We would not leave mum's side for the last 2 weeks of her life and during this time, the nurses at John Taylor Hospice not only took great care of mum but of us as well.

Mum finally lost her battle on the 13th July 2010 at the age of 66 and since that day, I have always vowed I would take part in a charity event in an attempt to raise money to support them in the hope they would be able to keep up the good work.

Finally, in January this year I started to increase my fitness and I noticed I was able to run further than I ever have before. When I recieved an email from the company I work for, National Express asking for volunteers to run in the Great Midlands Fun Run, I knew this would be the ideal opportunity. Since then, I have been training hard to reach the 8.5 mile target. I can currently just do 6.8 without stopping so i'll be working even harder over the next 3 weeks to reach the target 8.5 miles so I don't embarass myself/let anyone down on the day!

I know none of my efforts will bring mum back but at times when i'm really struggling, I will be thinking of her and how she would have done anything to be able to stand up near the end, let alone run. So, please if you can donate any amount to help towards this very worthy organisation, I would be very grateful and I know they will be too.

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