Darcy Rae's Dreams

Imagine...

Imagine being told your child is seriously ill.

Imagine crying until you know that there is nothing left to give.

Imagine feeling like you've been wounded and wandering the corridors, as if your life was on pause for days on end, not able to comprehend what is happening.

Imagine having to tell your other children their sibling is seriously ill.

Imagine having to sign a consent form knowing that death is an option.

Imagine having to hand over your child to surgeons for endless hours and waiting.

Imagine having to watch as your once active child isn't even able to open their eyes.

Imagine the terror.

Imagine the pain of having to leave your child in the care of strangers and not be able to be by their side.

Imagine feeling helpless as you watch doctors battle to bring your child back to life.

Imagine the guilt.

Imagine being told the percentage chance that your child might survive and it being far less then their chance of death.

Imagine being miles away from loved ones and not being able to see them.

Imagine being stuck in isolation and not see anything but four blank walls for days on end.

Imagine learning a whole new vocabulary of words which is all you talk about anymore.

Imagine good friends being too uncomfortable to see you or speak to you anymore.

Imagine the loneliness.

Imagine perfect strangers passing comment and opinion about your child.

But with the emptiness.

Imagine the kindness of strangers who don't know you .

Imagine the incredible support from people you've never met but know how it feels.

Imagine how special each cuddle is that you feel the need to memorise it forever.

Imagine the magic of each smile knowing that this smile was lost for weeks and now it's back.

Imagine how fragile and precious life is.

Well I don't have to imagine

September is Childhood Cancer Awareness month, if I hadn't told you, would you have known?

It's swept under the carpet as a taboo subject.

Imagine if it couldn't be taboo in your world, because it was your world.

Imagine if I had known the symptoms.

Imagine if all GPs knew the symptoms.

Imagine if you felt you had the power to help others, not be in the same position.

Imagine......

Don't pity, don't sympathise, just spread awareness 💛🎗💛

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Spent Darcys birthday giving her wee spot at the cemetery a spruce up.......feel close to her up there and a sense of peace when I'm pottering away. Got her fence brightened up and replaced all her flowers etc. Even added some new fairy lights to. Thanku for all the messages today, means alot. She's missed so much by so many💛💛💛Happy heavenly 12th birthday gorgeous girl 😘

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“The best way I can describe grieving over a child as the years go by is to say it’s similar to carrying a stone in your pocket.

When you walk, the stone brushes against your skin. You feel it. You always feel it. But depending on the way you stand or the way your body moves, the smooth edges might barely graze your body.

Sometimes you lean the wrong way or you turn too quickly and a sharp edge pokes you. Your eyes water and you rub your wound but you have to keep going because not everyone knows about your stone or if they do, they don’t realize it can still bring this much pain.

There are days you are simply happy now, smiling comes easy and you laugh without thinking. You slap your leg during that laughter and you feel your stone and aren’t sure whether you should be laughing still. The stone still hurts.

Once in a while you can’t take your hand off that stone. You run it over your fingers and roll it in your palm and are so preoccupied by it’s weight, you forget things like your car keys and home address. You try to leave it alone but you just can’t. You want to take a nap but it’s been so many years since you’ve called in “sad” you’re not sure anyone would understand anymore or if they ever did.

But most days you can take your hand in and out of your pocket, feel your stone and even smile at its unwavering presence. You’ve accepted this stone as your own, crossing your hands over it, saying “mine” as children do.

You rest more peacefully than you once did, you’ve learned to move forward the best you can. Some days you want to show the world what a beautiful memory you’re holding. But most days you twirl it through your fingers, smile and look to the sky. You squeeze your hands together and hope you are living in a way that honors the missing piece you carry, until your arms are full again.” © Jessica Watson

Gorgeous piece written by Jessica Watson at Four Plus An Angel. 🦋

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Darcy Rae's Dream We are walking in memory of Darcy Rae to raise funds for her named fund Darcy Rae's Dreams - all money raised goes to Team Jak to help children and their families affected by cancer. Every penny we raise will be topped up by 50% thanks to the generosity of Sir Tom Hunter and The Hunter Foundation. A...

Childhood cancer awareness day starts tomorrow for September and I for one will be glowing gold. Childhood cancer effects so many more families than we ever realise. I never for one thought I was going to be without one of my babies😪💔it's the most heart breaking thing I'll ever go through in my life and would never wish it upon anyone. If I can use our families story to raise awareness I will. Know the signs and always always ask for a second opinion if in ur gut u think something isn't right. I had to fight months to be taken seriously and by the time I was it to late for Darcy. She would want me to help as many families aa possible so in Darcys name please glow gold for September 💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛

Good morning , today we are announcing our very own bespoke pin badges available in 2 designs. Just in time to glow gold in September and raise awareness of our cause. Available to order online by the end of the week, reserve yours today by contacting us via this post.

The pins are £2 each and can be posted out at an additional £1 p/p per parcel.

With just over a week to go until we glow gold in September to raise awareness for childhood cancer - order your unique Team Jak candle today £10 plus £2.50 p/p or collect from the den.

Limited stock available - please contact [email protected] to order or call 01506 412302.

Help us create smiles and ease the journey for the many families we support.

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So very true

I'll definitely be getting mine💛

Delighted to be able to offer this lovely new item to our Team Jak supporters - our Team Jak glow gold candle - clean cotton with gold sparkle.

"Glow Gold in September for Childhood Cancer Awareness Month "

£10 each plus p/p or collect from Jak's Den
Limited stock available, order yours today
www.teamjak.org.uk/shop or call 01506 412302 to reserve yours and be prepared to glow gold in September x

So very true, still trying to figure out who I am these days. No one tells u this side of things. I wonder if I'm going crazy some days. I'd luv to go back to the carefree person I was before loosing Darcy but a loss like this shapes and moulds u in to a completely different person. Some days are such a struggle but I'm completely 100% adamant that I'm a person and mother Darcy would be proud of. Every day I strive to be a better person not that I always get it right but I try

Thanku to everyone who took the time to send birthday wishes to Darcy today. The sun was shining bright today so was lovely to sit at the cemetery and have a good blether. Home and another bbq with the big sis and kids. I don't know what I'd do without the special people I have in my life making sure I get through days like today, I hugely appreciate use more than ull ever know. Huge thanks to jaks dens for my lovely flowers today, to The Mashouse Bakery for Darcys gorgeous cupcakes and birthday cake, to Emily the bestest friend I could ever ask for, the best biggest big sister ever, my beautiful amazing kids that make me proud every day and to all my special people for coming to join us yesterday in celebrating Darcy......luv use lots💛🥰🦄🎂

https://edinburgh.thekiltwalk.co.uk/fundraising/EdinburghKiltwalk2022-CarolDonald
Our very first fundraiser.......please help us smash it. We have a team off walkers walking for Darcy

Darcy Rae's Dream We are walking in memory of Darcy Rae to raise funds for her named fund Darcy Rae's Dreams - all money raised goes to Team Jak to help children and their families affected by cancer. Every penny we raise will be topped up by 50% thanks to the generosity of Sir Tom Hunter and The Hunter Foundation. A...

So we have some fabbi news to share💛💛💛 Today we launch Darcys name fund to help raise money for jaks den. Everyone has been great supporting Darcy Raes Dreams over the past few years and really hope you continue to help us raise money for a fantastic charity who help so many family's affected by cancer🥰

Today we are honoured to launch our new named fund - Darcy Rae's Dreams in memory of beautiful Darcy Rae Mcguire. Darcy would have been celebrating her 11th birthday today but sadly gained her angel wings on 15/12/2019.

Darcy's family would like to raise money for Team Jak in Darcy's memory to help support the many families we support and have decided to do that by launching her named fund on her birthday. The family are planning on raising money by organising events, entering a Kiltwalk team and many more ideas.

Carol - Darcy's lovely mum said -
Darcy started Fundraising to help others. She kept us all on our toes and there was never a dull moment with her. She loved helping others and bringing joy to anyone she could. Darcy was a very feisty wee girl with a huge personality who had a knack of making everyone around her smile – we want to continue to help others smile and create joy in her memory by raising funds to be administered by Team Jak through this named fund – Darcy Rae’s Dreams.

If you would like to donate in memory of Darcy on her birthday - please follow the link below.

https://teamjak.enthuse.com/cf/darcy-rae-s-dream---named-fund

Can't lie the build up to Darcys birthday is such a difficult time of year but I'm adamant to get through it with the help of my favs......her birthday is on Mon but celebrating Sunday with a bbq. Also got some exciting news to share on Monday with all our lovely supporters so stay tuned 💛💛💛💛🦄🦄🦄🦄

So very true💔💛