22/05/2023
Our Assistant Manager V 💪
Aka Studio Mum 👩🏻
Aka Accountability Coach 🤝
Aka not a robot 🤖
… is completing a 26mile walk on Sat 3 Jun
Please join us in showing your support with a donation and/or comment below 👇
Thank you team ❤️
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My Mum is as tough as they come.
She's built different to anyone else, a proud Filipina who was strong enough to start a prosperous new life here in the UK, working hard with my dad to give me and my sister more than we ever needed whilst still supporting her sisters, nieces and nephews back home. Solid, dependable, uncompromising and headstrong.
During lockdown, Mum was staying with me and my family. We started to notice a change in her. Repetition, memory lapses and out of character behaviour. Being a big believer in exercise, I tried what I could to keep her active and stimulate her mind and body. Unfortunately, following a health scare and a hospital stay, the staff noticed some signs and were able to confirm her condition of vascular dementia.
Mum will always be different from before. Don't get me wrong, she's happy. Like many, I often struggle with the difference between how I remember her and who she has become because of her dementia. It's painful to watch someone you love change in that way. It's why I'm supporting the Alzheimer's society with this walk. Mum is lucky to get incredible care from our family back home in the Philippines. When we speak I can see her benefitting from having a huge extended family come together to give her love, care and patience. Not every family can do that, which makes this charity's work so important.
Alzheimer’s Society is transforming the landscape of dementia forever.Until the day we find a cure, we will create a society where those affected by dementia are supported and accepted, able to live in their community without fear or prejudice.
Anything you can give to help me fundraise for this charity so close to my heart would be greatly appreciated 🙏 (link in bio)