Happy St. David's day as it is here in the UK and happy birthday to my big brother. Yes, his name is David...but we call him John as we have another David in the family and it was very confusing in our house! Spring has sprung and daffodils and snowdrops are popping their heads up all over the place. It's really lovely and makes me long for warm sunshine and longer days.
As I'm typing this I have the Ireland v England rugby on in the background which I'm sure is very exciting. I actually prefer the build up to the game where the players and the fans sing the anthems with such passion and there are fireworks...in the middle of the day!
It's been a fairly ordinary week. I got my test results back from the GP. All fine which I was very relieved about. My chest pains have miraculously all but disappeared. The mind is a very powerful thing and I never get over how it can make me feel. I know it's easy to say 'it's all just psychological' and 'pull yourself together. You've had this before and it was fine then' but it isn't as easy as that. I really do try to stay positive and upbeat but sometimes things get too much. Anyway, all is well and long may it continue...especially with our challenge looming ever closer.
I find it incredible to think that, this time a year ago, my son and I were getting ready to take part in the Silverstone half marathon. A whole year ago! Now that was an amazing positive experience. I trained so, so hard for that and then got an ear infection 2 days before hand and had to complete it under the influence of antibiotics but complete it I did.
My/our challenge this year takes place on April 4th and that date is coming around very quickly in deed. I have been walking as much as I can but really not enough to be honest. I haven't had to buy any extra equipment as I have some old walking boots that will be fine. I toyed with the idea of using poles but have decided against it. I do tend to get carried away when I do these challenges and end up spending a lot of money on equipment that I really don't need.
So the Surrey Three Peaks challenge and 26 miles await us as we endeavour to raise funds for The Stickler Diagnostic Clinic via Addenbrookes Hospital and this week these arrived....
When t-shirts arrive it always makes everything seem very real all of a sudden!
My son is able to put one of the collecting tins in his shop in Guildford which is brilliant AND any funds that we raise will be matched by his employers again so please do bear that in mind if you are thinking of sponsoring us. Your donation will be doubled by Superdry!
The best news that I have had this week is that, due to our fundraising efforts, Addenbrookes fundraising department have decided to make a separate section for all funds that are raised for The Stickler Diagnostic Clinic. No-one has ever fund-raised for the clinic before and this absolutely ensures that ALL funds raised by us and by anyone in the future for the clinic will go to the clinic and nowhere else in the hospital which is brilliant. So, if anyone reading this would like to sponsor us or support The Stickler Diagnostic Clinic via us please click on the link below:
http://www.justgiving.com/teams/sticklersyndrome
The link will give you a few of the reasons that we are doing this and Jack wrote this for his Facebook page:
Hey everyone, it's my annual fundraising time! My Madrè and I are doing the Surrey Hills Three Peaks Challenge at the start of April, which involves walking 26 miles pretty much up constant hills (hence the name). We're doing it for a really good cause that's very close to home, Sticklers Syndrome. They've done some amazing work for 2 of my sisters that suffer with it and without that clinic I know BOTH their lives would have been a lot more of a struggle than they have been. I would love to be able to give a detailed explanation to what Sticklers is, but due to the lack of knowledge regarding it's cause, not that much is really known about it!
I'm not worried how much or little you guys donate, just that you do.
This is also the first time the clinic has had any fundraising done for it, and we can promise all money is going 100% towards the Sticklers Diagnostic Clinic, not a penny anywhere else!
I think I can speak for Angela Fisher and I when I say we are so excited to be given a chance to be the first people to fundraise for them, as its giving us a chance to repay them for all the hard work they've done through the years supporting my sisters!
I'm not worried how much or little you guys donate, just that you do.
This is also the first time the clinic has had any fundraising done for it, and we can promise all money is going 100% towards the Sticklers Diagnostic Clinic, not a penny anywhere else!
I think I can speak for Angela Fisher and I when I say we are so excited to be given a chance to be the first people to fundraise for them, as its giving us a chance to repay them for all the hard work they've done through the years supporting my sisters!
We destroyed our fundraising target last year so let's make it 2 in a row and help out an incredible clinic!!
Big love x
So,there you have it. We don't need any other reason than our family to raise money for this wonderful clinic. Please do donate if you can.....as Jack says, it doesn't matter how much or how little anyone donates. All donations will be hugely appreciated.
Thank you all for your support.
xxxxx
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