Michelle's Race for Life

I’m doing Race for Life this year with my lovely friend, Emma who ran it for me last year when I was diagnosed with breast cancer.  I was incredibly thankful to her for helping to raise money for Cancer Research and, now I am recovered, would like to do the same.  When I race this year, I will have lots of people in mind, but one person in particular I will be thinking of is Hayley Wright. I was incredibly sad to hear recently that Hayley lost her life this year after an ongoing battle with cancer.  Although I can’t claim to know Hayley well (our only connection being age and upper school), like me, Hayley was a daughter, wife, mother and friend, and I hope to honour her memory by taking part in RFL this year as well as express my deepest, heartfelt sympathy to those who knew and loved her. Not only do I wish to help raise money to try to prevent lives like Hayley’s being lost, for me, it is also a way to express my gratitude for life saving research that means I am I’m lucky enough to be a survivor at this point in time and to still have my wonderful mum, 2 x breast cancer survivor, as well as many great friends. And finally, I would also like to recognise those brave ladies who I have met along the way, who have been on this cancer journey with me or are still going through it; Sue, Kimber, Joanne, Vicky, Wendy, Amy, Manda, Danielle and Lucinda, thank you so much for your support; I’m with you all the way. Just one more thing.. I wanted to take this opportunity to say thank you to my ‘boys’.. and all my family and friends for supporting me in every possible way I could imagine through my own cancer journey.. to say I feel blessed to have such lovely people around me is an understatement. For all your thoughtful gifts, cards, messages, practical support, words of encouragement, hugs.. just all the love, I am forever grateful 💕 Other stuff to know 1 in 2 people will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime. Every single pound you donate makes a difference to Cancer Research UK’s groundbreaking work, so please sponsorship is greatly appreciated. Donating through this page is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with Cancer Research UK.