Hi All,

As some of you may know our wonderful mum was diagnosed with lung cancer back in November 2014. The type of cancer she had meant that secondary tumours grew on her brain. In 2015 she had a course of chemotherapy and a course of radiotherapy which kept her as well as possible in 2015 and she saw the few major events in that year that she would have liked to - which included a fabulous Christmas with the entire family.

In January this year her tumours became more aggressive and as a result she kept having seizures. After suffering a large seizure in the early hours of 5th January mum was admitted to A&E - whilst there the doctors ran various tests and the findings were not favourable. The tumours had grown significantly and we as a family were told to prepare ourselves for the worst as no further treatment could be given.

Following the update on her prognosis a palliative care plan was arranged and part of the plan for mum was for her to be sent to The Wisdom Hospice whilst home was prepared for her. She was admitted to The Wisdom Hospice in the evening of 5th January - from the minute she was taken in she was made to feel as though she was at home. The amazing team of staff and volunteers could not do enough for her (not that she wanted much as those of you who knew mum will have known she didn't like fuss) Whilst we were there we began to realise just how amazing the service they offer is. It is often said you do not appreciate things until you rely upon them, and wisdom is one of those things that we feel is underappreciated. The care and support they provide to patients and their families really is invaluable.

Mum was home for just over 3 weeks before she sadly passed in the early hours of 1st February with our amazing dad by her side. Even up until mum's very last day her wisdom nurse Lesley kept in close contact with us and the nurses that visited were of so much comfort and support - without this support we don't know how we would have managed.

The hospice rely on fundraising and donations to help maintain the levels of care that they provide their patients, their families, carers and friends - so with that in mind that is what has led us here....Nicola and I decided that we wanted to do something as a Thank You to Wisdom and from there we spoke to the lovely Jack who helped us arrange our skydive.

At 8:30am on Sunday 28th February we will both be headed in for our training session in readiness to throw ourselves out of a plane at 10,000 feet in order for us to help raise a few pounds for this wonderful place. This is where you come in - we would very much appreciate it if you could dig deep and donate to support our efforts. Between us we would like to raise £2000.00 - however anymore than that would be fabulous!!

If any of you would like to know more about the hospice and the services they offer (or you would like to get involved in fundraising yourself) please look at their website. It truly is an invaluable service.

I think that pretty much sums up our story - so all that is left to say now is thank you in advance for any donations you make.

Sarah & Nicola :o)

PS -  We know our angel Mum will be up there in the clouds with us as we take the plunge, so if anyone else is interested in coming down on jump day to offer some support let us know and we will provide details.