THANKYOU ALL FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART

WOW A MAGNIFICENT  £10,700 RAISED

      FOR MAKE A WISH FOUNDATION!!

                                I DID IT!!!!

THE MOST AMAZING EXPERIENCE OF MY LIFE - JUST FANTASTIC.

The Reason for doing it:

In May i will be throwing myself out of an aeroplane for my boy!!! Doing a vary daring parachute jump 12,000 feet, free fall 7,000 and then gently sweep to earth for 5,000!!!!! iI must be absolutely bonkers. Im looking forward to it tho.  I PROMISE I WILL DO THIS!!!!!! I MUST BE MAD..........

Please read on and you will get why im doing this .....

Matthew (our very gorgeous boy !!!) has been diagnosed with a VERY rare and unfortunately terminal brain disease. Hes basically one of 8 living in uk..  For those that dont know age range for this disease to come to its sad end it is unfortunately aged 5-12. Matthew is now 5.

Make a Wish Foundation have very generously granted Matthew his final wish, which is to visit Disney Florida and stay at Give Kids the World Village. We will have a week of lovely magical fun, full of precious memories in February,  Not only that, great for special times with older brother Thomas for him to remember his brother. To us this is truly priceless.

We would love so very much to raise funds to them for helping us as a family make our memories special of our darling and so so precious Matsie. He will ALWAYS be so very loved and be our very special little man. He is and always will be our special little beautiful boy.

Whilst i wipe my tears away (bit of a reality check this one!!), i want to say a huge thankyou to all of you for your lovely friendship and support as always. 

Please dig deep and sponsor me online.

Also Matthews Aunty Louise and friend Karen will be running the London Marathon for the same charity, between them and me we want to exceed £3500 - so if you also want to show them your support please click on

www.justgiving.com/karenfrancislouisemaisey

Donating through this site is simple, fast and totally secure. It is also the most efficient way to sponsor me: Make-A-Wish Foundation UK will receive your money faster and, if you are a UK taxpayer, an extra 28% in tax will be added to your gift at no cost to you.

So please sponsor me now!

Many thanks for your support.

        AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE TO DATE

                   FRIDAY, MAY 23RD, 2008

Matthew has had his wonderful week at Give Kids The World. Words are very difficult to find to tell you all what an amazing time we had. To see my boys laugh and get spoilt rotten was just fantastic. From Dolphin feeding to rollercoaster rides to eating ice cream for breakfast!!!  Mickey, Minnie, Donald all big cuddles given by them and other charactors.

A once in a lifetime trip full of very precious and overwhelming beautiful memories which are totally priceless. 500 + photos taken and 2 hours of video footage!!!

We cant thank Make a Wish for the most unbelievable time we have had. xxxx

Matthew now has a glistening star with his name on it high on the ceiling of Castle of Miracles at Give Kids The World Village.

Back to fundraising now........What can i say between us we had the daunting target of £3500 to raise for Make A Wish Foundation.

To date we have cracked  £10,700

Thankyou all so very much for your fab sponsors.

A special thankyou has to go to Mr Tucker at Woodmancote School (Thomas's school) where they held a non school uniform for our charity and raised over £300, Lynn Mitchell at Grangefield School (where Matthews gorgeous cousins attend) for organising a "Wish Day" and Bingo n Booze evening last Friday, £766 and Bishops Cleeve Primary School a Non Uniform day,  £400 raised - a big thankyou to Headmaster Mr Savoury.

Thanks to Mark Jones at Warners Peugeot in Tewkesbury, £75 donated & Jason Jones from Jason Jones Autocentre, Shuthonger, Tewkesbury, (both clients of mine from Gloucestershire Echo days!! ) who has donated £50. Thanks Mark & Jason - Big Hearts you have and much appreciated. x 

Well done to Bishops Cleeve Childminders and there kiddies who held a Teddy Bear Pedal Dash. They raised a whopping £282.20. Really appreciate you all getting involved along with the children you look after. Loved meeting you all.

Lots of lovely friends pulled together at Bishops Cleeve Tescos over last 2 weekends with our buckets and raised £892. We witnessed snow!! End of March?? Thankyou so much all that helped out.

Collected a few Make A Wish fund raising pots in this week and replenished as were feeling heavy. Big Thankyou to Sarah and her Dad at Jays Coffee Shop for raising £21.54. The Kings Head, Bishops Cleeve £11.28. Pete Parker who helps coach cleeve colts under 8s team £21.00 and Matthews very special respite nurse Hannah and her Fiance Drew raised £48.60. Thankyou all so so very much for your support.

Well done and a huge thankyou to Lisa Hailwood, friends and family who walked up and around Cleeve Hill for 2 hours with dogs in tow in freezing conditions. Came home caked in mud!!! Snow in April???? Whats that all about? Wonderful walk for a great cause, Raised a "fabulous" £135. Thanks Lisa as always, a great friend you are. xxxxx

Had a lovely email from Ceri Jones from Cleeve Colts Football Club who sent me the message saying that they have raised £350 for our charity. A massive thankyou to all the coaches, kids and parents who pledged there subs for Make A Wish Foundation. Chris is a coach for the under 8s and Thomas plays football for them. Means alot to all of us what you have done xx

My mum knows im throwing myself out of a plane so i didnt want to ask for sponsor but Mum im in good hands (i hope!) Thankyou for your very generous cheque and I love you Very Much xxxxx

Have to also mention we met the most wonderful family from Canada who were on a wish trip to Give Kids the World (the Malolepszy's)  who have kindly sponsored to. Lots of love to you guys just "awesome"......... Speak soon x 

Speaking of wonderful families, we met a lovely family "The Connors" on our way to Disney, spent 9 hours on the plane, had lots of laughs with them!!! We then ironically "bumped" into them at Universal as they were coming off a ride!! (Disneys a HUGE place to bump into people)  and since coming home ive kept in touch with Ang. If anyone is getting funny texts from me - shes responsible - mad and very funny lady. Anyway thankyou for your very generous £100. Would be lovely to get together again.

                        THEY DID IT!!!!

Well done Louise and Karen on running the London Marathon. Hope today was everything you could have imagined it to be and more for your lifetime achievement. A fantastic time ran 4 hours 52mins. Just Fantastic.

We are so very proud of you both - now PLEASE rest for a while and give your legs some time out!!!!

To run the London Marathon is a massive achievement - a lifetime achievement!! What will you both do when this is all over - climb Everest????

We have done it - My wish for Make A Wish Foundation for what they have given my family is to give back £10,000  - the very least i could do ........ Looks like we could go beyond this.......... Well done all who have given to this fantastic and amazing charity.

Watch this space for an update

  Melanie & the Very Gorgeous Matthew  

                              xxxxx