I read this interesting personal account today and realised I have the same issue as Trish – I am so determined to remain independent and self sufficient that I tend to hide my MS struggles and don’t often ask for help.
MS Lesson Learned: ‘Let People In; They Can Handle It’
Yesterday I met up with three dear friends who I’ve known for years and would trust with my life – we can (and do) talk about anything and everything, we’ve supported each other through all sorts of ups and downs, over many years, yet still I minimise my struggles.
Thinking about this, I realise it’s because I don’t want the people in my life to see me differently …even though I am different now. Maybe I am struggling to accept that myself?
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I am very happy to tell you that we finally have a plan in place for our evening fundraising event on Saturday 23rd February. Tickets are being designed and printed as we speak and will be available to buy very soon. Tickets are £10 and will be available soon.
As mentioned before, the venue is Bonis Hall, the home of McCann Manchester, who have kindly agreed to let us use their Bistro area for our event. Special thanks to Joe for setting this up for us.
The event will start at 6.30pm and we have an evening of music, food, drink and fun planned. Children are welcome too (please let us know if you are bringing children).
We are hoping this will be a successful fundraiser for us and a fun night for all.
We will be selling raffle tickets before and on the night and already have a fantastic array of prizes. If you have anything you could donate as a prize, please do get in touch. Unwanted Christmas presents, vouchers for services or anything else you can think of!
We still have some other fundraising events coming up …Callum’s head and chin shave, Team Stephenson’s are taking part in the Gung Ho Infaltable 5K, Glenda will be taking part in a Nordic walking event and the lads will be completing their Mountain Bike Challenge
