Was this in the Plan?: April 2014

...with a little help from my friends

This Sunday I am running the London Marathon again. I ran it last year thanks to a golden bond place from ShootingStar-Chase, Daisy's Hospice. Those people who know me well and follow this blog know that running is my thing, it's my way of keeping sane in this crazy world I live in. Last year I raised lots of money for our hospice when I ran the marathon, it was a way of giving back for everything they have done for our family over the years.

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This is the story of my family, and how we are learning to thrive and not just survive when life didn't go quite as we planned.

I'm Steph, a suburban mother, sometime Marketing Director, now family plate spinner, journalist, carer, nurse, spokesperson, campaigner and marathon runner (actual as well as metaphorical).

I have four extraordinary children, my two boys have a diagnosis of high functioning autism yet they could not be more different, my eldest daughter is a creative social justice warrior, my youngest daughter was born with a very rare genetic condition.

In December 2015 I also became a widow, my husband, the father of my children & partner of 27 years, Andy, died of cancer, leaving us with a gaping hole in our lives. 13 months later our darling daughter Daisy died.

My life was never going to be predictable but as Andy always said, it is what it is, it's how you respond which makes the difference.

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