My Skydive in Memory of Mum, Lynn 🪂💜

This Saturday I’ll be doing something that has technically been on my bucket list for years — a skydive.

It was actually booked for me as a present… although I’m still not entirely sure what sort of present involves being pushed out of a perfectly good aeroplane!

Skydiving has always sat on my bucket list alongside things like owning a Porsche and getting my bike licence, although if I’m honest, I think it was probably only on there to make the list look slightly more interesting. I never really expected anyone to actually hold me to it.

Once it had been booked, though, I thought it would be a great opportunity to do something meaningful with it and raise money and awareness in memory of my mum, Lynn, who sadly passed away in February after battling Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP).

Her illness first presented itself as Parkinson’s disease, but she was soon rediagnosed with PSP. Before Mum became ill, it was a condition I knew very little about, and I think that’s the case for a lot of people. PSP is not widely known, despite the huge impact it can have on the person living with it and on their family and friends.

Watching what Mum went through was incredibly difficult, so if doing this can help raise some money for PSP Association, as well as get a few more people talking about and understanding PSP, then it will make the jump mean that little bit more.

PSP Association provides support to people living with PSP, their families and carers, while also working to improve awareness and understanding of this rare condition.

Any donation, no matter how big or small, would mean a huge amount to me. And if you’re not able to donate, simply sharing the page and helping to spread awareness of PSP would be just as appreciated.

So, apparently I’m finally ticking the skydive off the bucket list.

Still a Caribbean holiday, or new bike would have been a better present though.

A little note from the charity…,

PSPA is the only UK charity dedicated to creating a better future for everyone affected by Progressive Supranuclear Palsy and Corticobasal Degeneration.

We will do this by: Providing information and support to enable families living with PSP & CBD to live their best possible lives; Improving the quality of life for people living with the condition via research and awareness raising; Putting the voice of the PSP & CBD community at the heart of what we do.