I have decided to dedicate my time to fundraise for the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham Charities, home to the Adrenal Tumour Trust. I had never heard of Adrenal tumours or even this charity until devestatingly, my daddy passed away from an agressive adrenal tumour on his right adrenal gland. 

My gorgeous daddy was 49 when he died and he lived life to the full. He adored and lived for his family. He loved nothing more than to spend days with his kids fixing things, or playing with his grand children, or simply having a day out with his wife, my mum. 

But sadly Easter time this year he became very ill with a chest infection whilst on holiday in Cyprus. He returned and was put on several courses of antibiotics, but the chest infection wasnt getting any better. Lots of trips to the doctors resulted in one day the doctor sending him into hospital. A few days later he gave us the news that they had found a lump/tumour the size of 10 cms on his right adrenal gland. The doctors were shocked and confused by their finding, this tumour could have been a lot of different things and they werent sure how to treat it. They did lots of tests as to whether it could be cancer or not but they all came back inconclusive. After three weeks he was transfered to Addenbrookes hospital to the gland specialist. Dad was very excited by this because not only did he think they could mend him. He had heard that this hospital was very high tech and if you knew my dad at all, you would have known how much he loved his gadets and finding out how things worked. I remember talking to him on the phone when he arrived and he described the machines as 'robots' so I knew he was impressed. 

But it was here that his tumour became even more agressive, it started to grow and attach itself to the main blood vessel to his heart and also started to block the blood vessels to his liver. Which meant his liver started to die. Sadly this is where he lost his fight, he fell asleep forever on fathers day at 6.39 am. We were all with him and one of the last things he said was that he loved us, especially my beautiful mum. 

I believe that my dad has only gone in body, he's here with me wherever I go, not only in me but in my family, my three amazing brothers, my two beautiful children, my inspirational mum, my supporting and loving husband, and everyone that knew him. Everyone has different fond memories of dad and they are kept alive everyday by constantly talking to him and about him.

Through this awful tragedy I constantly wished I knew more. So that is the main reason that we have chosen to raise money for this particular charity so that they can continue the research and provide future patients and their families with more information and hopefully, as with all cancers, a cure.   

I want to continually raise money with different events throughout the year, and I want others too aswell. If you have an idea and would like to do something in memory of an amazing man then please do it through this page so that we will always know how much we all raised for him and hopefully reach our target very soon.  

Thank you all so much for your support and for taking the time to help. I just ask you all one thing, keep dads name and memory in your lives, talk about him, laugh about and with him, remember him fondly and please never forget him. He was, is and always will be such an amazing man, and I cant wait to see him again.