Alicia's 2025 London Marathon
Alicia Weaver
My Story
Those of you who have known me for a bit longer will know the impact that my Auntie Maureen had on my life and everyone around her. Auntie Mo treated me, and all of my many cousins like her own, leaving me with not one mum, but two. I have the best memories of growing up with her always by my side, never missing a birthday, a christmas, a holiday, and all the smaller moments in between. I miss her every single day, and it's certainly true that whilst the waves of grief might get less often, they never get weaker, but this is all made easier knowing how her final few weeks and days were spent.
The weeks leading up to losing her at 55 to pancreatic cancer, should, and certainly were at times, the worst of our lives. But this was turned around into 3 of the most treasured weeks of my life and this was all thanks to Wigan & Leigh hospice. Being in the hospice, allowed us time to be there as family members, rather than as carers. This gave us the opportunity to reminsice over all our favourite memories, say all of the things you always mean to say but never do, and make those final memories to treasure. Even the day before she passed away, we got to be outside in the garden in the sun all enjoying an ice cream, something that we would never have been able to do elsewher.
Even now, coming up to 7-years later, I still cannot put into words how grateful our family are to them, and I am so honoured to have the opportunity to fundraise for them by (attempting) to run the London marathon. And given she always made such a fuss of my birthday, it seems apt that the marathon will be the day after I turn 26!
Working in healthcare now, I have realised that unfortunately very few people have access to hospice care, particuarly as an inpatient or for respite stay. I can't imagine having spent those weeks anywhere other than the hospice, and therefore I find it difficult not being able to provide the same fortune to my own patients. The fact that hospice care is majority charity-funded with minimal NHS input still baffles me. Having said that, I therefore ask for anything that you can give so that this wonderful place can continue to provide the most amazing care to both their patients and their families.
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Target
£1,500
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Raised so far
£165
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Number of donors
9
My Story
Those of you who have known me for a bit longer will know the impact that my Auntie Maureen had on my life and everyone around her. Auntie Mo treated me, and all of my many cousins like her own, leaving me with not one mum, but two. I have the best memories of growing up with her always by my side, never missing a birthday, a christmas, a holiday, and all the smaller moments in between. I miss her every single day, and it's certainly true that whilst the waves of grief might get less often, they never get weaker, but this is all made easier knowing how her final few weeks and days were spent.
The weeks leading up to losing her at 55 to pancreatic cancer, should, and certainly were at times, the worst of our lives. But this was turned around into 3 of the most treasured weeks of my life and this was all thanks to Wigan & Leigh hospice. Being in the hospice, allowed us time to be there as family members, rather than as carers. This gave us the opportunity to reminsice over all our favourite memories, say all of the things you always mean to say but never do, and make those final memories to treasure. Even the day before she passed away, we got to be outside in the garden in the sun all enjoying an ice cream, something that we would never have been able to do elsewher.
Even now, coming up to 7-years later, I still cannot put into words how grateful our family are to them, and I am so honoured to have the opportunity to fundraise for them by (attempting) to run the London marathon. And given she always made such a fuss of my birthday, it seems apt that the marathon will be the day after I turn 26!
Working in healthcare now, I have realised that unfortunately very few people have access to hospice care, particuarly as an inpatient or for respite stay. I can't imagine having spent those weeks anywhere other than the hospice, and therefore I find it difficult not being able to provide the same fortune to my own patients. The fact that hospice care is majority charity-funded with minimal NHS input still baffles me. Having said that, I therefore ask for anything that you can give so that this wonderful place can continue to provide the most amazing care to both their patients and their families.
