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Yeah Horray We done it...

What a fantastic morning, the sun was shining, everyone was so relaxed and happy. The Stevenage crew were really lovely people. Take a quick look at our pictures to see the Davie family before the off.

I have to say a big well done to Scott for coming in first and to Ethan who came in 5th, Nanny would have been soooo proud of you both, in fact she'd have been so proud of us all. The 10k was a long 10k and to some felt more like 10miles but the thought of giving up was not an option and any thoughts that you had to give up because you were knackered didn't compete with... mum had alzheiemers and that heped us all reach our targets.

We met some lovely people on the day and we were all able to share our expereinces of Alzheimers with them. What's next... we need your money. You will see from our target that we are doing really well and the money is going to help in a big way , THANK YOU THANK YOU.. please keep it coming in

Who are we?

This is really the Extended Davie Family challenge because we are all involved; sons,daughters,husbands,wives, brothers in law, sisters in law, partners, grandchildren et al.

What is the challenge ? 

To keep true to the value base our mother gave us and work together as a family, being together through thick and thin.

How we gonna do that?

All getting together on Saturday 24th September and walking a 10k circuit to riase money. I have to be honest here and say that due to a dodgy back I'm not actually walking but have been roped in to be the adminstrator and organiser ( Thanks Jim)

Why we gonna do that?

Because our mum was wonderful. She died on Monday 24th Jan 2011. Her carer , Liz found her, she had suffered a heart attack. The heart attack was a swift release from her and our long good bye. Our mum had Alzheimer's.

We want to donate our sponorship to the local Luton Alzheimers support office in High Town .

Our mum Cath Davie

She was cool, bringing up all 7 of us single handed. She got on with the job in hand. Our dad left, never to return, on the day mum buried her youngest , our baby brother Robert, but she certainly wouldn't want you to dwell on that.She'd want you to look at her family and say that's a good bunch you bought up Cathy , they all turned out ok !! Now stop that discussion that's going on in your head, we're just like the rest of you, we've all had our ups and downs, highs and lows but what remained constant was the stability she gave us as a family, an inherit trait she got from our grandmother, Grace McCormick. Mum had never had a day on her life without Grandma. Grandma had always lived a few doors away from us and when she passed away Mum was heart broken.Oh how we now know her pain.

Cath and her Alzheimers.

Try to Imagine the dinosaurs you saw on the telly were real and in your living room. Diffiuclt isn't it? Mum used to hide in her bedroom afraid to go in her own living room because she thought they were in there.

Try to imagine you have no idea if it is night or day and you get up at 2am put the pan on with juicy fat sausages then go back to bed because you forgot you had put them on.Then Imagine being woken by the fire service breaking down your front door.

Try to imagine you can't remember if it is night or day,if you've eaten or not, when you last saw your family, who called you on the phone, if you have taken your tablets.How dreadfully scary must her life been at times.

What she did like was having a laugh, being reassured, being with her family. 

Mum had always loved her bingo and having a flutter on the gee gees. We always said , let's not worry, as long as she is going up the shop everyday and placing her bets she is fine. But we were fooled, the girls in the local shop asked us if everything was ok, mum hadn't been in or she had put the same bet on twice.

She use to do the shopping for her old friend Joan and even with a short shopping list of sausages, bread and the paper, mum would come back with something obscure like selotape, milk and choclate buttons.

The saddness of having her study your face to try and work out who you are,  so yes a swfit heart attack ended her terror. I am oh so grateful for the wonderful day I had with her on the Saturday before she died. We looked at and talked through all her old photos and momentoes. She could tell me the names of her guests at her wedding and where they lived including the fact that they had a bay fronted window. We talked about her trip to America 16 years ago and she recalled swimming in the pool and all her sisters being together. I washed and blow dried her hair , like I had hundred of times before , she thought her hair was still black not grey, she thought I was going to perm it like I used to in the late 70's. It was a good day and contented dementia day.

When she was disagnosed we were devastated and just didn't know what to expect. Families and carers need all the suport they can get with your sponsor money the extended Davie family want to help pay for families to be able to get support from local offices because our mum was Cath Davie and  she had Alzheimers, 

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