Walk the Camino with Mary

Hi, my name is Mary, I’m mom to two amazing girls Isabel and Julia.

Just over a year ago we very suddenly lost the centre of our lives, my husband & their daddy, Tom.

With a simple and familiar kiss goodnight, neither of us knowing that this was to be our goodbye.

Just nine days later we also lost my own dad and their amazing grandad Dermot (dobs).

A persons reaction to the loss of someone you never wanted or expected to ever live without is very personal you just do what your body tells you to do.

For my girls and I that very quickly revealed itself as a need to talk.

I’m grateful for that but a willingness to talk and having the tools to do it aren’t one and the same.

I have been attending grief counselling in Milford care centre Limerick for almost a year now and my girls have been wrapped in the protective arms of the children’s grief centre Limerick. The support we have received from these services (now friends) is something words can’t describe.

It is our hope to be able to give something back to those who have helped us in the last year, funds raised here will be used for this purpose.

I together with friends, will walk the Camino del Norte Bilbao to Santander in May.

I decided to do this initially to simply spend time in my thoughts with Tom & my dad but then saw it as a great opportunity to also raise funds for both of these tremendous organisations ( @childrensgriefcentre and @milfordcarecentre)

I would truly appreciate any support at all you feel able to offer.

Thank you for reading. I hope you can follow our progress (or push us along) as we share updates throughout the 6day trek over on my Instagram page @marestierney

Thank you

Mary, Isabel, Julia Tierney x

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