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Liam and I are running the 2015 New York Marathon on 1 November in
memory of my beautiful mommy Mary. We have chosen this marathon as
mommy was born in New York. We will be raising money
for B*Cured, fighting brain cancer. B*Cured is a not for profit
organisation who are working to find a cure for brain cancer through
innovative research.
Mommy was everything to me, my teacher, my mentor, my hero,
my biggest supporter, but most of all, my best friend. Words cannot do
justice to how amazing she was, mommy was the most beautiful person,
inside and out that you could ever hope to meet. She was a passionate,
adventurous and caring woman who made the world a better place in her
56 years. She was full of positivity and aspired to be the best person
she could be and inspired people she met to do the same.
Mommy passed away on 17 April 2015 at home, held in the arms of
me, my daddy and brother Tomaí. Life has changed forever and I cannot
begin to explain the feelings of pain and loss we are experiencing.
However, myself, daddy and Tomaí have found some comfort knowing that
we are so lucky to have had mommy's love for the years she shared with
us, and I know that love as a beautiful, powerful, and strong love
that will always be with me.
Mommy will continue to participate in every act, thought and
decision I make throughout my life. Her spirit and soul is with me
always and I know she will help me around the 26.2 miles of the city
where she was born and which held a special place in her heart.
As an experienced runner and because he is a wonderful man,
Liam has offered to be my trainer and to run the marathon with me. 9
years ago mommy ran the South Armagh marathon and I know she will be
having a good laugh that Liam and I are running together in New York
for her.
Thank you so much for taking the time to visit our fundraising
page. Any donation you can make would be gratefully received and will
go towards the great work of B*Cured and the registration fee for the
marathon. Brain tumours are the leading cause of cancer death in
children and adults yet receive just 1% of the spend on cancer
research. The work of B*Cured is therefore so important in finding
better treatments and to improve survival.
'...And when great souls die,
after a period peace
blooms,
slowly and always
irregularly. Spaces fill
with a kind of
soothing electric vibration.
Our senses,
restored, never
to be the same, whisper to us.
They
existed. They existed.
We can be. Be and be
better. For
they existed.'
By Maya Angelou
www.nos.ie/saol/mo-mhathair/ A beautiful article written by my brother Tomaí about our wonderful mom.
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