A Summer of Love, Wedding Bells and HopeThe original diagnosis of Jason’s cancer was devastatingenough for him and partner Annie, but as sole carers of Annie’s two-year-oldgranddaughter, it was doubly frightening. How would they manage to combine a gruellingtreatment regime and visits to the hospital, andprovide Lily with the love and care an active toddler needs. Chemo and radiotherapy can ...

Today marks the 9th anniversary of Matthew's illness.It all began with a simple request for prayer - "Dad, will you pray for me, I've got a headache."We thank God for the privilege of being Matt's parents - even though it was for far too short a time. And we thank God for all the lives that have been touched, and changed, ...

With the first ever Brighton Marathon now just over two weeks away, our Fantastic Five runners, who are raising funds to help families through the Trust this year, are all well into their training schedules.We are very excited because, despite setbacks from some pretty difficult weather conditions, all of our heroes have been able to build their stamina, and are ...

It's a difficult dilemma, to try and come to terms with life without Matt, and still live our lives out each day with a sense of purpose. especially when his birthday comes around. I have not died of a broken heart ... I am learning to live with one.If he were here in skin, we would have celebrated, with joy, ...

Marathons - are they all Greek to you?The Marathonis a long-distance foot raceof 42.195 kilometres(26 miles and 385 yards) that is usually run as a road race.The event was instituted in commemoration of the fabled run of the Greeksoldier Pheidippides,a messenger from the Battle of Marathon(the namesake of the race) to Athens,although the historical accuracy of this legend is in ...

Another anniversary, the seventh, is here and sometimes it's hard to imagine the pain of loss ever diminishing.Mattie was not just a huge part of our lives, he gave it length and breadth and depth.He gave it colour.We are learning to live a very different life to that we hoped for. We are learning to release feelings of disappointment, and replace ...

When Christopher was 12, after complaining of severe headpain, he was misdiagnosed with an ear infection and prescribed courses ofantibiotics and olive oil.  It tookhis mum’s tenacity and conviction that something more was wrong, before Chrisreceived the devastating news that he had a Grade 4 brain tumour. The next day,his 13th birthday, surgeons removed a tumour the size of a ...

Becky was working as an Independence Tutorfor young adults with learning difficulties up until May 2008.  She loved her students and they adoredher. From the first day at work it was obvious she had a natural rapport withthem and she was promoted within months. She had just traded in her beloved but unreliable1970's VW Beetle for amodern one, which she promptly ...

Paste this link onto your web browser http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UenzNJztr4g&feature=related (tailor made for Mark, with his bilingual and cycling abilities!)Hot on the trail of histriathlon success, and following a summer of continued arduous training, TuffFitty Mark is off in the saddle again on Sunday 6th September. Butthis time it is to revisit old territory as he once more takes part in theLondon (Richmond) ...

I’ve done it! I’ve finished my firsttriatholon, and am now officially a triathlete.After 3 months intense training, andmembership to theTuff-Fitty Triathlon Club in Littlehampton, I am now a fullyaffiliated member of the ‘hooked on triathlons brigade’.On the good advice of a colleague atBritish Airways, I chose the picturesque Blenheim Palace as the backdrop forputting my young body through its first ...