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About me

I, just like you, have loved and lost many times in my life. 

Losing my father at such a young age has changed my life. 15 years after his death, I am entering a new era of my life. 

Since then, I have lost countless more close to me from terminal illness. I have seen it impact my friends, family and I have worked caring for those with illness of their own. 

Though it isn't all about being sad, but celebrating the fact that we even ever had the chance to live. From grief I have developed so much strength and perseverance. 

Coming out of the era of depression, denial and rage (that all who grieve know well) I began to walk, then practice yoga, eventually I came to run and even dance again. I have seen my body transform, my abilities blossom and joy return. 

As I enter my adult life I am faced with the challenge of building myself up, a million crossroads. Along this journey, I realised that I yearn to truly challenge myself: an initiation. 

In honour of all those who came before me, those who's actions still echo from history to our present. 

Why Morocco? 

It's not my first time in the Atlas mountains. My last journey there I had a strange feeling of presence, the people there had similar facial structures to my father, it was a strong feeling of remembrance. Wandering into the Sahara I was surrounded by intense darkness, I felt like I wandered into a field of death. 

Afraid, I looked up to the sky and the stars reminded me that I'm never alone. I have only lost my father's physical humanity, his spirit is always within me, my dna, in the sky... Father Sky, mother earth. 

Earlier this year, I took a DNA test with a lifelong suspicion that there was more to my father than we knew. ..I discovered that there was in fact some Spanish and North African heritage. 

Perhaps there really was a piece of him in Morocco after all. 

After an epic and spiritually profound journey in more ways than I have time to explain, I left feeling that I could have spent longer up those beautiful mountains. 

Which takes us to now. Where I find this opportunity to go back. To show myself what I know what I am capable of. 

More about Marie Curie 

Marie Curie supports those with terminal illnesses as well as the friends and family around those people. 

20 pounds can give 1 hour of support, emotional and expert care in the individuals own home. 

25 pounds pays for a bereavement Councillor to support for 1 hour. 

It costs 390 sponsors a hospice bed for one day. 

And 8900 supports a hospice for one day. 

This illustrates how much the money is needed to support this cause. Which is more vital than ever, as NHS staff struggle with reduced staff and the shockwaves of fhe pandemic. 

Marie Curie don't just support the individual with the illness but the whole family at an incredibly (possibly the most) difficult time in one's life. 

Thank-you so much for reading! 

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