I've decided to run 26.2 miles in 30 days in memory of my beautiful nan, Daphne.

Nan had lived with severe alzheimers & dementia for many many years. Watching my nan detoriate from being a strong , caring, independent woman and then ending up being cared for in a nursing home has crushed me more than anyone would ever know.  Its such a cruel disease and I wouldn't wish it upon anyone.

As you can see from the picture I have uploaded, the picture on the left is my nan before alzheimers took her away from us, bright, beautiful and truly inspirational. The one on the right is the damage the disease had done to my beautiful nan. Lifeless, soulless . That was hard to watch her detoriate. I always wondered if nan knew what was happening to her and I really hope she didn't.  

Nan sadly passed away 1st May 2020 and unfortunately we wasn't there when she passed due to covid lockdown.  I hadn't seen my nan for over 6 weeks because of covid. It hurts knowing she was alone when she passed and didn't have anyone with her, but what keeps me going is she is now with her loving husband David and that makes my heart complete. Also she got to meet my little.boy Frankie and we are always talking about nanny Daph who now lives in the sky with the stars!

No one, and I mean no one,  deserves to go through this. We would never let animals suffer in this way so I don't understand why we let humans suffer. It's cruel,  demeaning  hurtful, crushing  and absolutely life destroying to watch a love one go like this.

I know times are tough at the moment especially for those who are on furlough or have lost their jobs but if I can raise just a little bit to help towards a cure then ill be happy and hopefully do nanny Daph proud.

Thank you all for reading .

Lots of love

Nicole x