T is for Thank you...

for:

the flowers

coming to visit me

taking me to hospital appointments

coming to visit and making me soup

buying me plants and bulbs to keep our garden looking colourful even in winter

sending cards

calling

flying over to see me

Skype chats

presents

sending emails with lots of tips and advice

not minding if I cancel things last minute

making meals, batching them in portions, freezing them and delivering them to me!

giving me lifts to the airport/hospital/the city

talking when my voice is getting tired

coming to visit me in hospital

buying me chocolates, cake, biscuits, magazines

taking me out for lunch and drinks & the cinema

coming over and making me cups of tea and hot water bottles

sending apps and messages to see how I am

doing the washing up

coming round to cheer me up and watch TV with me

buying me tickets to see Coldplay in Paris

keeping me entertained with funny stories of sexual escapades

loaning us your car

coming with me to try wigs on

all the Facebook messages

loaning me audiobooks

taking over lessons for me

finding editing and translation work for me

giving me a voucher for €100's worth of home-cooked meals

being a support for Ed

offering to help

and last but not least caring and just being there, whether that be virtually or in person.

I thought it was about time to show how much I appreciate all the help and support we have been given over the last two months; it shouldn't surprise me because I always knew that I had amazing family, friends and colleagues, but the bottomless pit of help is just incredible and words really can't express how much it means to me.

In true Award ceremony style I am going to name and shame you as well, so I would like to thank (in no particular order!);

Caela, Grant, my mum, my dad, Aunty Pat and Uncle Terry, Lisa, Marie, Ingrid, Ruben, my in-laws (Charles and Hanny), Karen, Di, Bernd, Esther, Aschwin, Fiona, Una, Paula, Paul, Dave, Anne-Marie, Iain, Max, Simone, Michele, Liz, Craig, Helen (Savage), Cheryl, Maxine, Emma, Chrissy, Helen (Spicer), Anet, Natalie, Mary, Marieke, Iris, Anne, Betty, Anna, Maria, Marlies, Sarah, Nienke, Karin, Elsbeth, Marjan, all of The Square Mile team, Laurie, Helen (Evans), Chris.

If I have forgotten anyone, it says more about me than you, my brain doesn't always work as well as it used to... I blame it on 'the cancer' but actually it's probably just being a bit dizzy and tired! so if I have forgotten to mention you, I'm very sorry and it doesn't mean that I don't appreciate you!

You are all wonderful people!

Of course, there is one significant person who hasn't been mentioned yet, and that is my lovely Ed. I can't even begin to thank him for everything and there isn't enough space to list the things he does for me or how much he means to me. He is my world and however much I loved him before all this happened, if it's possible, I love him even more now and every day, even though I might not show it when I'm a grumpy old cow and snappy with him. Love you Ed.