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This year we will be raising for the wonderful Dreams & Wishes in memory of our beautiful daughter Rosie, to raise funds to put #SmilesOnFaces of seriously ill children and their families.
Having completed running the Chepstow 10K at the beginning of the year, the next challenge is now set. Over a series of consecutive weekends in the summer we will be walking the Beacon Way. This route covers 99 miles across the Brecon Beacons from Abergavenny to Llangadog, with an elevation of 6143 metres. It will be a particularly poignant challenge as not only was Rosie born in Abergavenny, she loved walking in the Brecon Beacons. Part of the route itself will cover some of the same route Rosie walked during her Bronze Duke of Edinburgh expedition before she became unwell. We hope to bring special guests along the way to share our love for the Mountains, as in the namesake of Rosie's book, A Mountain In My Heart. Rosie's book can be purchased at any good book store online, including Waterstones.
Dreams & Wishes are an incredible charity that we as a family will be forever grateful for. They gave our beautiful daughter Rosie, her sister Molly and us as parents, the most incredible memories and #SmilesOnFaces which we will always cherish.
https://www.waterstones.com/book/a-mountain-in-my-heart/rosie-jarman/9781789634112
OUR STORY
When you’re child gets poorly, as a parent you do everything you possibly can to help them feel better. From a cold paper towel on their forehead to a duvet and cuddles on the sofa. When that illness turns to your child being seriously ill, your World is turned upside down and everything is targeted on how to ensure the best possible treatment and care is given. This happened to us with Rosie our 15 year old daughter, when she was unexpectedly diagnosed with an exceptionally rare cancer.
Rosie was a regular, fit and active young lady who loved spending time with her friends and climbing mountains. Just a few months before her diagnosis she had climbed 4 Mountains as part of her Duke of Edinburgh qualifications and was an active member of the RAF cadets. After a couple of months feeling unwell, nausea, vomiting and fatigue she was suddenly diagnosed with a life-threatening tumour inside her heart that needed immediate removal. After being rushed to #Evelina London Children's Hospital for 7 and 1/2 hours major open-heart surgery, she then underwent a gruelling 9 months adult grade cancer treatment including chemotherapy and radiation treatment across the UK.
A few days after returning home from 6 weeks intensive proton beam therapy in Manchester, Rosie's diagnosis devastatingly turned to terminal as the tumours had developed in her brain. The ground disappeared from our feet, each micro-second was pin point focused on every aspect of her treatment and care as she came home for palliative care. We forgot how to breath.
We then had a call from Dreams & Wishes who gave us a chance to catch our breath and create some wonderful memories. Despite being paralysed on one side of her body, Dreams & Wishes ‘popped' Rosie into a wonderful bright yellow Lamborghini and then arranged for her to fly a plane. The effect and impact they have made to us as a family has continued long after our Rosie tragically passed away.
Please donate what you can, to help other families and support Dreams & Wishes to continue their incredible work. We never expected to be in this situation, we are just a regular family. You never know what's around the corner.
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