Karen writes: Thankyou means a lot
There are sometimes things you know you need to write about, they might be really important things, but just getting what you want to say out of your head and into understandable words can be tricky. One such entry I have delayed and delayed is related to something which occurred last month.
What brought Kate and myself up short however was what
happened at the NZSSD (diabetes) conference in Auckland at the beginning of May. Our Christchurch colleagues thanked us. With a lovely card came beautiful hand
crafted crosses (for more about these crosses click here). I wanted to cry. So Kia Kaha our
friends and colleagues in Christchurch, we continue to think of you, and thank
you so much for your generosity of spirit in acknowledging what we are doing (trying). And the rest of you lot out
there…almost exactly a year ago we kicked off our Ironman fundraising drive with a marathon in Perth...thankyou to those who have made a donation, to others, we are starting again so how about sponsoring
us a even tiny bit per km (42km) for the Sunshine Coast Marathon at the end of
August. We will be keeping you posted!
We have made it
clear that we are on our Ironman quest to help raise funds for people working with
diabetes in Christchurch, these are our colleagues who continue to face post-earthquake related issues in their own daily lives while
they go to work to support people with diabetes. Their problems
were compounded earlier this year when their purpose built diabetes premises were declared unusable, and while it didn't make national news being just one of the many things faced on a daily basis down there in Christchurch, it was a further blow to diabetes care. Well, you know we didn’t reach our target of Ironman 2012 because it was cancelled and downgraded to a half Ironman, so we didn’t
achieve what we had promised. We can report now that we have
some money in the bank from stalwart supporters and our intention is to continue to fundraise for diabetes in Christchurch, it a cause important enough to motivate the tiredest legs at the end of a long race and clearly unfinished business.
What brought Kate and myself up short however was what
happened at the NZSSD (diabetes) conference in Auckland at the beginning of May. Our Christchurch colleagues thanked us. With a lovely card came beautiful hand
crafted crosses (for more about these crosses click here). I wanted to cry. So Kia Kaha our
friends and colleagues in Christchurch, we continue to think of you, and thank
you so much for your generosity of spirit in acknowledging what we are doing (trying). And the rest of you lot out
there…almost exactly a year ago we kicked off our Ironman fundraising drive with a marathon in Perth...thankyou to those who have made a donation, to others, we are starting again so how about sponsoring
us a even tiny bit per km (42km) for the Sunshine Coast Marathon at the end of
August. We will be keeping you posted! 
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