Our son Gregor died, very suddenly, in March 2009 aged just 2. For those of you who knew him well he needs no introduction as you'll be smiling by now remembering his crazy character. For those of you who didn't know him quite so well he had an amazing zest for life, despite his tiny two years . He was a total people person and was renowned for charming everyone he met. He was fun-loving, very stubborn, affectionate and energetic with a wicked sense of humour, gorgeous brown eyes and beautiful blond hair.
Our family has been shocked and devastated by the tragic loss of Gregor. This sort of thing happens to other people – except this time it didn’t - it happened to us. And it continues to happen to too many families.
On 3rd September 2011 my friend and Gregor's Godmother Elaine Sturrock is set to walk up Shiehallion with a friend of hers. Elaine's sponsor money will be split between the Scottish Cot Death Trust and another charity.
Firewalking-for-Gregor... On Friday 13th May 2011 I took part in a firewalk event in Dunfermline which added around £1000 to the total above.
On Sat 27th March 2010 many of our close friends, family and members of our community will walk what is locally known as the 'snuff walk' and release balloons in Gregor's memory. In November, some of our closest friends helped plant daffodil bulbs in a wood on the edge of this walk - this was possibly the wettest day of last year and the sense of love and community spirit was incredible! We're optimistic some of these may be flowering on the day of Gregor's walk (despite many being planted by the kids!).
We are raising funds for the Scottish Cot Death Trust. Although we did eventually find out that Gregor died from an overwhelming virus, for 5 months we believed he died from cot death and have been provided with support from the Scottish Cot Death Trust. Cot death doesn't just happen to babies - sadly it does happen to toddlers and young children too - something I didn't know previously. Every 9 days a baby/child dies in Scotland from cot death.
Our aim is to bring together people who cared about Gregor and raise as much funds as possible for the Scottish Cot Death Trust.
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