Good Morning Early Birds!

[waterboatman]

Wednesday.

I had a letter from the hospice yesterday. The opening sentence is :-

A thank you like Angela's inspires us all.

But we urgently need funds to provide Hospice at Home care for more families like hers.

Her is what Angela wrote. Please read it.

Dear Emma and all the team at Cotswold care.

My daughter Vicky died two weeks ago today and I just wanted to write a quick note to say thank you for all the wonderful help you brought her in her last few days. The support you provided was incredible and it really took the pressure off during our most difficult time.

Vicky was nervous at first having someone other than me look after her through the night, but you must have known the right person to to send because her nurse Lyn had the same sense of humour and fun as Vicky. They hit it off together straight away.

It helped Vicky knowing that I was being supported too. She knew I could snatch a few hours sleep and recharge the batteries, and in her last few days we could concentrate on being a family again.

I can't imagine vicky's month without you. I'm so grateful that your team was there and that the Hospice is still there now to help me through.

There aren't really words to let you know how much I appreciate that. You've all been amazing. Thank you.

Angela.

Vicky was 26 and diagnosed with terminal bowel cancer shortly after giving birth to a son, Spencer, Vicky was a lively ,bubbly young woman loved by everyone she met. As you can imagine the family were hit hard. Vicky was more upset that her son would be left without a mother than her own condition. Angela was doing all she could to help her dying daughter. Cotswold Care Hospice stepped in to help and offer support.

The Care at Home Service the Hospice offers is very expensive to run. They cover a very large area and are desperately short of funds for this service.

I'm asking you all to please help again. I will be on duty for the Solstice Walk as I was last year, that is on 20th of next month and I will be at the Hospice all day to help wherever I can.

[waterboatman]

The link for the Hospice is

http://www.cotswoldcare.org.uk/hospiceathome

[murraymints]

Morning boaty xx I got that too...wee cheque in post !! ..looking very dull and overcast today...meeting up with mum ,aunt(dad's) sis and three cousins today for a girlie lunch ...don't see my cousins other than sad times so will be nice...tonight going to annual concert of local youth brass band that mum and dad sponsor, they are amazing so it will be good....staying over at mums tonight....Good job I got the gravelling finished yesterday...

[waterboatman]

Morning minty xxx Thank you my lovely. :o}

You have a wonderful time. It's nice to know you will be relaxing at last! :o}

All the gravelling etc. all done now? :o}

[beejay1124]

hi wbm n minty x

[waterboatman]

Morning beej. About youse? :o}

[beejay1124]

fresh n dry start over here wbm

[waterboatman]

It's been raining most of the night here, still cloudy. Not looking good for the day.

[murraymints]

Morning bee xx yucky here cold heavy mist and constant drizzle...on the bright side good for new planting !

[waterboatman]

Also good about it minty is that you are not doing anything energetic today. :o}

[murraymints]

Will cut dad's grass if it brightens and wee old neighbour of mum 92 needs a few wee odd jobs doing around the house before I go to concert !

[waterboatman]

Why does that not surprise me! ;o}

Come down here and work at the hospice. :o}

[murraymints]

Boaty, if it were local I'd gladly help out !

[waterboatman]

I know you would sweetheart. At the Solstice walk I shall be there all day and all evening doing what I can, bossing people abut mostly. :o} It's always good fun. Hard work, but fun too. :o}

[murraymints]

Remember you marshalled last year..hope the weather holds !

[waterboatman]

So do I. It was good fun last year, I'm sure it will be this year too. Later on in the evening is always very emotional. But wonderful too.

[humbersloop]

morning all x

persisting it down

[murraymints]

Morning sloopy xx

[waterboatman]

Morning sloopy xxx They tell us we might get a summer. Of course, they could be lying. As long as the teapot is humming nicely all is well. :o}

[ummmm]

Morning all. That made me cry.

When my dad was in a hospice the staff amazed me. Many of them were volunteers and did the job of a nurse just through the kindness of their heart. Beautiful people doing a very hard job x

[janbee]

Morning all xx
Boaty, I'll post my cheque out today.
I've been doing a lot of shopping lately for elderly neighbours and as I dn't have car, it's been a lot of trekking back and forth. However, I have a good set of shops locally so it's been ok.We take our health so much for granted don't we?
As I say, cheque's going out today.
It's drizzling rai here. Quite miserable really. Got a walk to do today.Depending on weather outcome , it will be anything from 5 - 10 miles. Just looked at the sky, we'll be lucky to do one mile.
Have a great day one and all. I'm out the door at 6.30, all happit up against the wind and rain.