It’s been 6 weeks of highs and lows.
Today marks the second anniversary of the passing of my mum.
I miss her every single day. Yet she (and my dad) would be proud of me and some of the decisions I have made of late.
Despite the heartbreak and the obvious signs of my miserable demeanour, they instilled in me the skills to know how to make the tough decisions when it counted most and to consider the good old WIFM and does this seem fair and in keeping with my best interests?
In the midst of this very adult decision making I undertook with the gentle guidance of a few good men - not really, a few good women as it happens, I also had a work offer.
An offer I could not refuse, and the more I considered it, the more I liked it.
If you are a long term subscriber or you’ve been with me from the start which many of you have, you will know I have been writing, creating on line business resources and working contracts involving tradies, organics, building & water, amongst some of the more unusual gigs.
My career has always been relationship development at its heart.
So with that, Head and Neck Cancer Australia (HANCA) had a role that I thought I am a great fit for that, and so it is now offical - I am their new Partnership & Philanthropy Manager which I’ll undertake part-time for the foreseeable future.
Many of you here are not based in Australia but many of you are. We have a really good scarf fundraiser happening right now and they are a beautiful product (you can see them at the link above)
Given the size of Australia HANCA is a small but mighty charity that punches well above its weight. It was my “go to” when I was lost in the scrub and it would seem destined to continue to be in my life a little longer and I couldn't be happier.
It has many resources and I hope that some of you will sign up to stay in my other corporate professional loop. I am a new comer to some of this but I am not new to the highs and lows of head and neck cancer and its treatment side effects.
You know I am a bit of puppy with a rope on this! I just wanted to share that bit of good news.
You can sign up for the HANCA newsletter or you can refer someone (a patient) here
I celebrated the memory of my mum today with a dawn hike heading East which had me watch the pinkest and soft mauve of sunrise peek over my local hills.
We celebrate her life and I am indeed lucky and grateful to have had such amazing parents. They’d both be proud of me.
Hell, I am proud of me, love lost, hearts heal and life goes on.
Again.
Eat well.
That is AWESOME news & big Congrats from me! The scarves are lovely & the colours are very much you & your mum!!