Today, being the anniversary of when my sister’s body was found, is a rather disquieting day for me…being that it is a reminder of all the horror and sadness my family had to endure as a result of Cindy’s sudden and mysterious death.

I was simply bumbling my way through the day, trying to make the best of it, when Alice, from Ulverston, was brought to my attention.
Who’s she, you ask?

She’s the fifteen-year-old living in the South Lakeland district of Cumbria in northwest England who’s using a Blog “to document this precious time with my family and friends, doing the things I want to do” …before cancer overtakes her. She’s been fighting cancer for almost four years.

“… The cancer is now spreading through my body. It’s a pain because there’s so much stuff that I still want to do,” writes Alice in one of her recent Blog posts.

“… Anyway, mum always tells me that life is what we make of it and so I’m going to make the best of what I have and because there were so many things I still wanted to do, mum suggested that I turn my ideas into a bucket list. … I’m not expecting to do everything on it. Some of the things are just not going to happen because I can’t even leave the country now (I’m too much of a risk), but they’re on there, because they were on my ‘to do’ list at some point.”

So today I’m asking you to go ahead and check out her Blog…and see if you can help her fulfill any of her dreams.

“You only have one life to live,” writes Alice “-live it!”

Thanks for the reminder, Alice!!! I’m going to have a spectacular day…because you are correct…we ought to LIVE IT!!!

Melanie Hack
Author of Who Killed My Sister, My Friend
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