To all our friends and family! As you all know we both ran the Cardiff half last year to raise money for Belle's Story. We are both doing it again this year, Andy to try and beat last years time and Michelle to build on her outfit from last year ?
We are really hoping that you can pledge something to Belle’s Story and help us to make life easier for those little people who don’t get dealt a good set of cards and struggle daily with life changing illnesses.
We are also raising awareness about organ donation, trying to get folk to talk about it with their families.
Our beautiful Belle was on the waiting list for a double lung transplant. Her new lungs weren’t found soon enough and in April of this year, aged only 10, she tragically lost her fight to Interstitial Lung Disease.
I know many of you have followed her story and I know that we jam your Facebook feeds with A LOT about the charity and organ donation but we also know how much those lungs would’ve meant to Belle and her family and it breaks our heart that we didn’t find them for her. If we can raise enough awareness to alter the course of even one young person’s life, that would be sooo amazing to give the gift of life.
In the meantime, these brave kids need additional resources and services and lots of fun and sparkle to be packed into what is probably a limited lifetime.
Charities like Ty Hafan children’s hospice and Make A Wish gave our little Belle such magical experiences and the best memories for her Mum and Dad to treasure. Belle’s Story supports charities such as these and others, as well as children’s wards and young individuals.
And if you can’t donate money, perhaps you could share this and PLEASE talk about organ donation. It's so important and it does change lives. Thank you for taking the time to read this.
Much love Michelle and Andy ?