Historically people passed away before this type of care became needed but now as people live longer, this care is becoming more and more important for our growing older generation who have been instrumental in what we have and enjoy today.
On choosing a specific charity, (which was a hard decision as I have a daughter with Coeliac Disease), I wanted to run for a mature persons charity, so I decided to choose one from the list of very important charities and for me “Sue Ryder Care” was at the top of my list.
After loosing my mum when I was 16 and my grandmother 3 years ago from a stroke, I felt that this was the perfect charity to run for as it is a vital support line for not only the elderly people in care, but also for those who support them.
Being a teenager I never realised how precious a mother was, I was the stroppiest, know it all child along with my sister, and arguing with my mum seemed like a daily sport and the really sad thing was that the only evening my mum, sister and I sat down and chatted was the same night that she passed away.
Later in life, my family and I spent months caring for our grandmother who started to have strokes, and the pressure increased as she became less able to look after herself and it was down the family to take care of her along with looking after our own children, having full time jobs, and juggling family lives. It was at this time that support links were most vital to help us all get through this difficult time. We were fortunate being a close family, and had that support group, but others are not as fortunate.
After our Grandma died we realised how much she had been forgetting, when Mary and David (my beloved in-laws) we clearing out her home they found little notes all around her flat of who was who, what day today was and other simple little notes, only then did everyone realise how bad her dementia was and it makes you realise how proud old people are, as grandma would never had let us know how bad her dementia had become.
NOW - Those who know me will understand that running 26.2 miles will be something of a challenge, firstly I am not the fittest person in the world (I would like to blame this on my back surgery which I had last year but I was unfit before that!!!!), next comes the challenge of weight – I need to loose some to get fit and the next big obstacle is time – 10 months seems a long way ahead but life has a way of taking up what appears to be lots of time, so best foot forward…….
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