Please take a minute to read and help us

On the 30th October 2014 I lost my beautiful baby girl to Cervical Cancer at the crazy age of 23. This in itself is the hardest thing that any parent could face.

Some people reading will know Emma and some may not. Emma was a beautiful, Crazy, wild, funny loved person by everyone that knew her and it broke my heart for life to lose her to a cancer that if diagnosed early enough can be prevented.

I can't change what happened to Emma but as an indication of how strong Emma is, she planned the details of her amazing funeral and everything leading up to it whilst staying strong and positive throughout which I now know was to protect those around her.

Emma had two things that she wanted me as her father to continue after she passed. I spoke about these to her nearest and dearest at her funeral.

1) Emma was scared that after losing other young friends on our journey that she would be forgotten. Anyone who knows Emma knows this is impossible in actual fact its the only thing I ever think and talk about.

2) Emma hated the fact that she was going to lose her life to an illness that could have been prevented, she asked that I with support from everyone raise awareness of Cervical Cancer and if we could just prevent the same thing happening to one person that was her wish.

On our journey we were cared for by The Royal Marsden Teenage unit and Click Sargent children's cancer charity.

The medical staff in the unit and Lara Perkins a special friend from Click Sargent looked after Emma through this whole experience and to be honest whilst the whole thing was horrendous it would have been ten times worse without these people now my personal friends.

The teenage and young peoples  unit is amazing, there are children and young people from birth upto 24 being treated, some will survive some will lose their lives.

Emma's Challenge is to do something for the teenage unit that is needed to support either the kids, nurses or parents who are going through a similar experience.

The challenge is to find 250 friends family or people who want to help to raise £100 a total of £25,000. How you raise the money is entirely up to yourselves the more creative the better and anything in Emma's name will be keeping her memory alive.

I would love Emma's Challenge to become an annual event, trust me raising and giving to such a good cause will make you feel amazing and help us remember Ems.

 When we achieve our target in consultation with the people we are supporting we will decide how we can help other children and keep Emma's memory alive.

I make no apologises for a long message I think I could write a book about how good this cause is.

EMMA if you are looking down and watching, I Love you, I miss you and I will never let anyone forget you.

In Tears again

Dadxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx