My mamgi had been suffering with Dementia for many years, this being why I would like to raise money for a charity that is close to my heart, as well as many other people's hearts.

So much has changed.
I remember when I was younger and I would go up to my mamgi's to stay and we would be out all day in the garden doing what she loved - gardening.
Teaching me all the different flowers she had planted over the years - along with removing the weeds.
It's memories like these you wish you had cherished more at a younger age (if only we knew).

As the years went on, we shared and enjoyed many memories.

The diagnosis came, I was still young and didn't really realise what was still yet to come.

My mamgi was always generous giving me £10 pocket money whenever we went to visit.
This one specific day was when the penny dropped and I realised my mamgi was becoming forgetful.
We went up to visit her and she gave me the usual £10 pocket money.
Half an hour later, she gave me another £10 - to what I replied "you've already given me money".
This then carried on a few more times.
(I obviously didn't carry on taking the money haha).

As the illness gradually became worse, we shared many laughs, many tears and a lot of heart break.
Seeing this woman who was once an independent wife, mother and grandmother fade away from you is one of the hardest things to experience.

One thing that will always remain the same is her smile brightening up a room.

I can only do my best the same she done for me.

Sadly, My Mamgi lost her life to Alzheimer's 15th March 2018.
You'll always me in my thoughts 💜
I'll do you proud, I promise.