Wednesday, 15 May 2013

Race for Life, donations needed please. Thankyou. x

In 2005 I was stood at the finishing line wearing a headscarf to cover up the fact that I had no hair, watching my wonderful daughter finish her first Race for Life. I had no hair because I was in the middle of chemotherapy for breast cancer, I was feeling rotten as I had just received my dose of chemotherapy a couple of days previously, and I had dragged myself to watch the race finish despite having passed out cold the day before, luckily I was standing next to my bed when I felt myself going, and managed to fall neatly across it! I was determined to see Emma do her race, after all she was doing it for me, and others like me, who were or had suffered from cancer. I owed it to her, the friends who were doing the race with her, and all the other competitors taking part because without all that effort no money would have been raised for cancer research UK. She did not expect me to be there because she knew I had passed out the day before so when she saw me at the finishing line, leaning on her Dad, she burst into tears causing me to burst into tears also! Reading the paper she wore on her back caused me to burst into tears afresh, "I`m running for my wonderful Mum" it said. We waited together for her friends to finish and a fresh round of tears started when I saw they were wearing papers on their backs which announced "I`m running for my friends wonderful Mum." I have tears in my eyes just writing this and thinking back to that day. It meant so much to me that I had all that wonderful support, that Emma had all that wonderful support, and that the Cancer research UK charity was to received all those donations. Since then Emma has run the race a few times, and this year she is running again to raise money for Cancer research UK, and to help and support all those people who have had cancer, who live with cancer, and who have lost the fight. If you could possibly sponsor my wonderful daughter we would be eternally grateful for your donations to a brilliant cause, one which has probably affected all of us at some time in our lives.
This is Emmas just giving page address, and thankyou so much. xxxxxx
 http://www.raceforlifesponsorme.org/emmabuckley0?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socspon&utm_content=emmabuckley0&utm_campaign=post-sponsor-facebook

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