<p>Hi,</p> <p>Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.</p> <p>In memory of my late wife, Heather, I'm supporting the "Beating Bowel Cancer" charity by growing a beard (or attempting to) during December, aka Decembeard.</p> <p>I met Heather in 2002 and after careful consideration (making her wait!), decided she was the one for me and on Christmas Eve 2007 asked her to marry me. She said yes.</p> <p>However, 2 weeks after a beautiful wedding in August 2009 and after a major op we found out Heather had bowel cancer. Two weeks after that we found out it had spread to the lungs and although treatable, was no longer cureable.</p> <p>After a courageous and brave battle against the disease, least of all coping with the overpowering chemotherapy, we sadly lost her in October 2011. I will miss her more than anyone will ever know.</p> <p>Too many people have a similar story - bowel cancer is very hard to detect and sadly, all too often when it is detected it is too late. &nbsp;Please help me raise money to help us stop this horrible cancer.</p> <p>So please dig deep and donate now.</p>