Support Jess & Elijah through this hard time

We are raising funds in memory of Matt Seymour… an incredible husband, father, son, brother and friend. Matt has been battling cancer since June 2022. He fought so hard every single day and gained so much time with his family, but sadly yesterday was his last day with us. 8th August 2023.

We’re trying to raise funds for his loved ones left behind, his loving wife Jess Seymour, who cared and spent every possible moment supporting Matt, and their gorgeous little boy Elijah, who turns two in November.

Anything you can spare, will go towards supporting Jess and Elijah through this terrible time.

Remember to hold your loved ones tight.

Thank You ❤️

(All funds raised will be transferred directly to Jess Seymour) 

”Wishing for better days” by Jess Seymour

There have been so many times over the past 14 months that I've wished to be able to turn back

time.

The day that Matt came home from our friends wedding abroad and we found out he had pancreatitis, meanwhile wishing it was just a nasty hangover.

When he was in so much pain that we had to go back to hospital & we spent endless time away from Elijah at just 6 months, it was heartbreaking - we sat there wishing time to return back to those sleepless nights in the 4th trimester.

When a stomach bleed left us helpless in recovery praying he would make it through, wishing we could go back to him 'just' having pancreatitis.

Wishing that the liver failure was only jaundice & could be solved by a stent, then the second operation to correct it to solve everything.

Wishing that the cancer diagnosis was just a few naughty cells & he would be able to come home to live his life with his family.

Wishing that the chemotherapy wasn't poison to his body & praying that it wouldn't drain him to something completely unimaginable.

The day we had the all clear & we wished for normality to return rather than simply living each day with pure gratitude & just 'being'.

Praying that Matt was experiencing depression, not that the cancer had returned aggressively in his brain just two months later, his memory loss and behavioural disconnection was so heartbreaking. I wished all along that I had told him my concerns earlier on.

Wishing we could turn back time by one day, where our lives hadn't fallen apart from the news that would try its hardest to break us.

Laying next to Matt wishing that the chemotherapy could continue yet once upon a time not so long along, it was the one thing that I dreaded having to see Matt endure once again.

Standing hand in hand, marrying the man of my dreams & wishing for so many more of these moments to cherish.

Wishing for Matt to be able to return home to his family.

Wishing that we didn't have to travel to another hospital each day for radiotherapy, knowing it was palliative not curative.

Wishing time to go back to those mornings waiting for his radiotherapy, eating breakfast together & chatting more on those car journeys than we had ever spoken between the four walls at Frimley park.

To the days of praying that Matts cancer would escalate in his body to allow him to have a lifesaving therapy that is not currently licensed for his needs.

Wishing for our family to be together, to cherish this moment & not let caring for Matt override the love that we share, the trust, the connection, the unity, the unbreakable bond that we have.

Wishing we were back at home, cuddling between the sofa and hospital bed, not sat in the high dependency unit staring at the vitals monitor 24/7 waiting anxiously for changes.

Please don't wish away time to be able to return to past times, as one day, the present will become that dream, that wish, & you may wish to the end of the earth that you could turn back time, to a time that once felt so uncomfortable. Wish only for you to simply hold on to the present and cherish where you stand today. Tomorrow is never promised & the past is regretfully not changeable.

Right now, please stop wishing and just BE!