Michelle Pike
- Jul 29, 2018
The Natural Mood Booster!
Wednesday is my day for boxing! I look forward to it every week, and there is not much that stops me from going. This week felt different! I had a bad day emotionally, everything was getting on top of me and I felt like I taking an emotional battering from every direction. I was struggling to hold back the tears, I was trying so hard not to take it out on the kids and failing miserably, and all I wanted to do was crawl into bed and hide from the world. I knew if I had followe
Michelle Pike
- Jul 11, 2018
From Me to You
Some of my free time over the coming weeks will be spent writing letters! In a world of text, emails and emojis, I love receiving a hand written sentiment, and after coming across Alison and Brian, I have found a brilliant reason to put pen to paper. When Brian was diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2010, his friend Alison offered to write letters to cheer him up. Over the next two years, as Brians cancer moved from Stage III to IV, Alisons letters kept on coming. The letters bec
Michelle Pike
- Jul 8, 2018
Leo and Olivers battle against Childhood Cancer
Look at the smiling face on these beautiful boys! Imagine being told the devastating news your child has cancer?! As a parent myself I can't even begin to comprehend how you would process this information. For Keri and Shaun Redfearn, they had to face this twice in just four months! Leo Redfearn was diagnosed with Stage 4 Neuroblastoma on the 2nd October 2017, after battling a mystery illness for 8 months. After settling into routines of MRI's, operations and intense chemothe
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