Yes You Can

Can we expect a first class health-care system which looks after our children to the best of their ability here in the UK? Yes you can!

Can we expect a mighty kick up the backside when cancer decides to take a bite? Yes you can!

Can we sometimes thank cancer for rearing its ugly head into all our lives to put things into perspective and see life for what it really is? Yes you can!

Can we expect the guys who do our car's MOT to use the rear seat-belts to ensure the safety of Leo's Winnie the Pooh teddy and Po of Tellytubbies fame? Yes you can! And how cute? True story; happened today and reduced me to tears!

Can we be completely shocked and ever so thankful when complete strangers offer advice, sympathy, a shoulder, friendly emails and even fundraising after they learn of our brave son's battle against cancer? Yes you can!

Okay, so I may be getting very carried away on the Obama train right now, but hey, isn't that what we're all here for? Let's get carried away. Let's dream and then set about making those dreams happen. And having fulfilled some of our family dreams and had others mightily dashed, I wouldn't have it any other way.

One thing that this lovely roller-coaster of a ride we've been on has taught me is that life is overwhelming at times, but it's how we deal with that which matters.

How many times have we wanted to crumble?

How many times have we been angry at each other?

How many times do we search Google for any glimmer of hope which the doctors have missed or an all-new, awesome treatment which will offer Leo and other children like him a cure?

Too many...but...these things always happened before but we thought of them as much more mundane because we weren't experiencing the daily feelings of fear that our son may not live to see his 9th birthday.

Yet from this point on, and you can remind me of this at any time, I am not going to allow that fear to ruin our lives. I promise from this point on to use that fear to strive for the best life we can give our son. I will also strive to ensure other families and children affected by this horrid, horrid thing called cancer, are able to continue to get the best care, support and love from people around them including Clic Sargent.

Can we be thankful that there are people who care enough to organise a Golf Fundraising Day at Leo's old school in Spain and most may never have even met Leo? Yes you can...