The M-A Sisters Run for Alzheimers
Participants: Sophie Meynell-Anderson Imogen Meynell-Anderson
Team: THE M-A SISTERS
Participants: Sophie Meynell-Anderson Imogen Meynell-Anderson
Team: THE M-A SISTERS
Richmond RunFest AIR:10K 2022 · 8 October 2022 ·
Having lived through both our grandparents battle with Alzheimer's and Dementia - caring for them in their last years and seeing first hand the heartbreak it causes - it would mean the world to us to be able to contribute to the incredible work of the Alzheimer’s Society.
Anything you can donate to help us reach our goal & make them proud would be massively appreciated. Thank you thank you thank you!
Doing it for you G-MA & Grandad!
We read the following poem together at our Grandma's funeral and feel it outlines why this cause is so important to us:
You didn't die just recently,
You died some time ago.
Although your body stayed a while,
And didn't really know.
For you had got Alzheimer's,
You failed to comprehend.
Your body went on living.
But your mind had reached its end.
So we've already said, "Goodbye",
To the person that we knew.
The person that we truly loved,
The person that was, "You".
And so we meet again today,
To toast your bodies end.
For it was true and faithful,
Until right at the end.
And so, when we remember,
We'll think of all the rest.
We'll concentrate on earlier,
And remember all the best.
For in the real scheme of things,
Your illness wasn't long.
Compared to all the happiness,
You brought your whole life long.
We think of you as yesterday,
When you were fit and well.
And when we're asked about you,
It's those things that we'll tell.
And so we meet in 'membrance,
Of a mind so fit and true.
We're here to pay our last respects
To say that, "We love you".
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