In August, my sister-in-law passed away, aged just 42, after living for 15 years with a brain tumour. Lizzi was diagnosed shortly after giving birth to her daughter. From that moment on, her life changed. She raised her daughter with her husband, Jim, whilst enduring four operations, multiple rounds of chemotherapy, gamma knife treatment and radiotherapy.
Lizzi was the bravest and kindest person we know. She never complained. She raised thousands of pounds for brain tumour charities, whilst battling the disease herself. All the time being a wife and mum, too.
My husband (Lizzi's older brother, Paul) wants to remember his sister by cycling over 1000 miles, from Land's End to John o'Groats, raising money for Brain Tumour Research and Saint Catherine's Hospice (Scarborough) along the way.
There are 6 of us going on the trip. Paul's Uncle David and cousins Jack and Harry will be cycling the whole route alongside him. I will be driving the back-up vehicle and fundraising at each stop with Paul's Auntie Carolyn.
We hope that we can add to Lizzi's legacy by raising as much as we can for both these charities.