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Our incredible daughter Liz died in the early hours of this morning. She remained determined to the last. Even yesterday she was still making plans. We are so very proud of the kindness, empathy and courage she has shown in the last year. She was not only a phenomenal…

Mateo thought you might need some reassurance that you don’t need to run for our Marathon Your Way In A Month challenge coming up in August! Why not get fit whilst having fun with family and friends? Whether you want to walk, roll, jump or skateboard it’s totally your choice.…

This time last year we were still a four. Now everything we do is smaller. There is no sugar coating it, the school holidays are hard. Everywhere we look there are families who are still together. We are so glad for them, but the pain of missing Liz is huge. Liz is missed every…

X, without you Liz’s bucket list would never have happed. Can you do her proud and like, comment on and share this post as far and wide as you can to see if we can flood the world with her photographs on the 31st August to celebrate what would have been her 18th birthday? We’ll…

Some days I am angry. I am angry that there is no funding from governments, large cancer charities or pharmaceutical companies for cancers like Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumour. I cannot help but wonder if more funding had happened, treatment could have been better. Instead…

You might notice that on both of these photos - Liz is wearing the same bag. It is a bag containing a portable syringe driver. In the last weeks of her life this was what kept Liz moving, out of bed and Living her best life. When the idea was first suggested Liz was horrified.…

It’s hard to believe that this was only a year ago. We were so full of hope that trip. When we boarded Liz had so little pain, her latest MRI has shown shrinkage in all her tumours. She was so excited to be allowed to eat from the buffet, meet characters and watch shows. She…

This used to be our life. Having fun together as a family of four. We never dreamt for a second that one of our children would die. That’s the sort of thing that happens to other people, right? Except in November 2024 - we became other people. Liz died just 10 months after she…

Wondering what to do this summer? Heading on holiday with family and want to keep active? Staying at home and fancy a team challenge with colleagues or teammates? Or perhaps you’re determined to complete a solo challenge? Why not join @CaptureDSRCTC and The Be More Laura…

This Sunday Capture will be at Pannal Golf Club. We are very honored to have been chosen as the charity they will be supporting for their Junior Captain’s Day. Not only will their amazing support help us to fund vital research into palliative care for young people with a cancer…

This is just perfect ❤️

This is my favourite photo of Liz and I. There are so few of us together before cancer walked into our lives, both of us are more comfortable behind a camera than in front of it. I'm not sure what made Liz take this one, but I am so glad she did. Back then - before cancer I…

Liz always said she wasn't scared of dying, but she was scared of leaving people behind. Top of that list was her brother Mateo. They were the closest of siblings, the thought that he would have to go on without her was impossibly hard for her. She worried a lot about how he…

Capture’s next fundraiser is on Sunday 13th of July and promises to be a very special day. The day will be held at Pannal Golf Club with tee times available between 1-3pm. Each £35 non-member ticket includes both your game of golf and a BBQ, which will start as soon as the…

I don’t like to think of time passing, the date it is now, the date you were here. It means acknowledging just how long has passed since I held you. There is still such a huge part of me that expects you to walk through the door, in reality perhaps that’s the only way to survive.…

What a phenomenal 24 hours! An enormous thank you to Hollins Hall Retirement Village for hosting us, their residents for making us so welcome and of course to the legend that is Mrs Furniss for her expert knitting and crochet tuition throughout the entire period. Without help…

Only two hours left of Splash and Stitch, so Mateo has something he would like to say to you all! justgiving.com/crowdfunding/c…

So proud of these incredible humans who have stitched and splashed and splashed and stitched all yesterday and overnight. Only three hours left to go. When you believe in something enough it makes it easy. And both of these of these superstars truly believe in making sure…

18 hours in and 6 hours to go. Six of us have remained standing throughout! So very grateful to all those who have liked posts, shared them, turned up to support us, joined in remotely or donated! You truly have kept us going throughout the night. Please keep going to sustain us…

12 hours in an the insanity has set in. The new sport of Otter Stitch Swimming has been invented! Why not pop down and see what we do next! Book a slot here: signupgenius.com/go/10C054EA8AD… If you like our new sport, why not help us through the night by donating if you can?…

Splash and Stitch is going strong! Thank you so much to everyone who has supported both in person and remotely! Remember it’s not too late to sign up to join in either remotely or in person: signupgenius.com/go/10C054EA8AD… Please do share and donate if you can! We need all the help we…