Faith, hope and charity........

A tragic tale of a 92 year old who 'Lost her faith in people' after living through a war, suffering loss and pain, giving to charity and raising vast sums of money, surviving breast cancer 2 years ago after all of this and a long long life she took her own life by jumping off the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol due to losing her faith in humanity. It begs belief doesn't it? bless her soul she couldn't comprehend that in these modern times people would be untrustworthy and cruel, after all her 92 years on the planet finally her faith had been shattered. I'm struggling to find the words to express how tragic this death is, she had lived through a war which took her first husband she suffered and experienced great loss so that we can live a free life and she's repaid with a loss of faith in the society her husband had gone to war to defend. Terrible terrible modern society, I often wonder where we are all heading????? If our elderly can survive to such a grand old age and then at the end of it all loose faith, I know its made me question my own faith and has me asking where is the hope? where is the charity? My own grandmother and her sisters were nicknamed Faith, Hope and Charity there lives were hard being brought up in a work house the daughters of romany gypsies their generation never moaned or complained they just got on with it. RIP Olive Cooke, Edna Sweet, Aunty Dol and Aunty Phil you had all the faith, hope and charity between you I only hope we can find some in these dark modern days.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/britain-s-oldest-poppy-seller-found-dead-aged-92-after--losing-her-faith-in-people-105637894.html#o1I5Arq

Saying it how it is......

So watched and weeped at the documentary called Kris: Dying to Live which follows a young women (23 at dx!) on her day to day existence how she copes with the knowledge that she is living with breast cancer which has spread to her spine, liver and most recently to her brain. At times its so hard too watch but is a must for all those who want to understand what its like to live with this dammed disease. Kris say's it how it is warts and all she may look the picture of health a very attractive blonde young women BUT she is living with cancer and its associated symptoms. The film charts the ups and downs and her life living with cancer as well as her charity Coppafeel which aims to spread awareness amongst younger people. Here's the link bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b03zf3tg/Kris_Dying_to_Live/.

In memory of Ellie

Wanted to share a couple of links to a new charity in memory of the wonderful Ellie Jeffery who died of advanced breast cancer at the tender age of 29 last year.
http://www.eleanorrose.org/ and if you want to follow on facebook https://www.facebook.com/EleanorRoseFoundation

Race for Life.......

The big C, the little c, canser, cansir, cancer it really doesn't matter which way you say it, it all adds up to the same thing, a skull drag through hell is the best way to describe this terrible disease, the statistic's are that 1 in 3 people will suffer with this, so myself and my mate also called Sarah are doing the 'Race for Life' (or as I call it 'the walk for life' lol cause I ain't gonna be doing any sprinting thats for sure! but we will complete the course its being held in Plymouth down on the Hoe on the 24th June 2012 and we will do 5k, if you wanna donate that would be so fab you can donate via this link to our page entitled the Sarahi (a result of a joke when we worked at Archant together) here's the link http://www.raceforlifesponsorme.org/sarahi6
Thank you for sponsoring us or donating every little helps fight the fight and brings us a step closer to a cure.

Love and light to you all

sarah xxx