GRIM ... and Grimmer

Not the best English grammar but the best way to describe today...GRIM for my cousin Nicola - check out those pictures!!! Makes me cold just looking at them. By the way, that's not steam coming off lovely warm bath water... that's freezing cold muddy, yukky water. There's 8 miles of massive puddles (or lakes) of cold water like that, add in some minus degree overnight weather plus ice around the edges of the water, and what do you get? A fab fundraising effort and all for our lovely, brave son.

Thank you Nicola, for your sacrifice in all the training and also for organising such a unique fundraiser, and doing it regardless of the cold you've had. Leo, PJ and I are most appreciative to you for all your efforts and for helping us enable Leo to finish this year on a high after so many, many lows. Disneyland, Paris, here we come, and thanks Nicola so very much for all your efforts. And thanks for smiling in the pictures; you're very brave too and hope you warmed up quite quickly as the day went on.

So that was the GRIM; how about the 'grimmer'? How does trapping your finger in a fire door right by the hinges and having to endure yet another trip to the Bristol Children's Hospital A&E department sound? More X-rays and more pain-killers, and despite our initial fears that Leo had maybe fractured his finger or even had an open break due to the way his finger was, a big bandage later and all was well. We left the hospital and were able to make it to the lunch organised to congratulate Nicola on her own GRIM adventure and also meet with some other cousins including Donna and Regina, who has come over from Ireland to spend some time with us.

Thanks again for all your fundraising efforts and contributions from both sides of our families and our friends both here and in Spain. Please get in touch with Nicola nkdale@hotmail.com with regards to contributing or settling your pledges!

Leo is very special (yes, I am extremely biased), but he's been such a brave boy and so this trip to Disneyland will really help him to relax and enjoy life. Please know we are all so grateful to have tremendous support from all corners of the globe which is testament to just how special Leo is!!