31/08/2023
What feels like only yesterday but is now almost a week ago since we took 2 the sky and we would do it all over again in a heartbeat.
From what started out as just a thought then became an idea and wasn’t long until it turned into an experience of a lifetime & a day we will always remember forever!!
Just over 5 months ago back in March myself & Dylan came up with the idea that we wanted to raise funds for a condition called COPD which played a big role in our lives and our families lives in 2022. It wasn’t until we put our heads together and started to think of ways to raise these funds we decided we would step out of out of our comfort zone and take 2 the sky for our two grandads and participate in a COPD charity skydive, and raise this money for Mayo general hospital & UCHG Galway.The reason behind all this was back in 2022 we were the two unfortunate grandkids to lose our two grandfathers within six months of each other to COPD with heaven gaining two people but we gained two angels forever ❤️We appreciated all the help and care these two hospitals provided to our grandads from the very beginning right until the very end and so we wanted to give back by raising whatever funds we were able, it wasn’t long before our fundraising page took off and the word spread round by the help of our family & friends and it wouldn’t have been possible without the help of ye all. After setting a €1,000 target we can gratefully say we have exceeded this hugely with a total of €2,500 raised and we couldn’t be happier. As the date for our sky dive drew closer and closer there was no more counting down the days we were down to the hours no more inpatiently waiting our big day that was put on hold not once but twice was finally here third time lucky we got the phone call we had to wait a few weeks for and that day was last Friday August 25th 2023 !!!!!
After counting down the months,weeks and days for so long at the time seemed like a lifetime away but the date quickly made its way too us and myself and Dylan are finally able say we’ve taken 2 the sky for our COPD charity skydive as two very proud grandkids and more importantly two grandads that would have been even more proud to see us not only taking on a challenge that we never in a million years we thought we would go through with but not doing the normal thing either and stay sitting in the plane but instead we decided to jump out !! The experience was indescribable and a memory that won’t leave our heads anytime soon !!! The nerves were well & truely apart of us but going up but leaving the ground was all worth it knowing we had two very special people to watch over both of us that day as we took 2 the sky on August 25th and they are our two very very special Grandads.🕊️❤️
“Those who don’t jump will never fly “
And so as our COPD charity skydive fundraiser has now come to an end myself and Dylan just want to say a massive thank you to each and every person that kindly donated to us it wouldn’t have been possible without ye. It has meant so much to us we have raised a total of €2,500 with each hospital going to receive €1250 each in the coming weeks.
Thanks again to everyone Dylan & Lauren
Dylan Brady
