Mid week Check in

 Good Morning/Afternoon/Evening everyone 

"when life brings you lemons you make lemonade" a bit of a back story my mum passed away two years ago from Terminal stage 4 lung cancer, I watched one of my favourite humans turn into a shell in the end someone so fiercly independent became very dependent she made it 4 years more than expected and I am internally grateful for that but its bittersweet because I wish she never had to go through the pain. Before her diagnosis she loved to exercise and eat healthy and give back to her community. 

 She also gave me the gift of loving to exercise too because she role modelled what the feeling after exercise was to her. Eating in moderation is healthy, She was an amazing cook, she was someone who was strict but fair she believed that education was universal and the best way to learn was to see the world and be in life and not spend too much time in books but also that books had a place. Being a neurodivergent kid to a woman who was crazy organised and very active meant that yes we had our differences and yes we didnt always see eye to eye but we still loved eachother and she was my best friend. 

May was the year we gained her as it is her birthday month and also the month we lost her to terminal cancer, and in Australia it is also mother's day, It is one of the saddest months of the year for me now but also the one where i feel her closest and with that I have Signed up to the cancer council's challenge this month to honour my mum and other families like ours who have been through or are going through the cancer journey by moving my body for 31 mins per day every day for the month of may to raise serious money for research into this disease that tears families apart. I also want to honour all the oncology staff the researchers, the nurses the incredible doctors all the staff because its not easy to this work. Also the patients because they are not a number they are a person and they matter so much to the people closest to them and their communities. i wish for this disease to be eliminated so that nobody has to feel what its like as a family or as a patient. If you would like to donate or share please 

Do It For Cancer - In memory of my mum