Rachel's Blog

A Mother's Love

- Diary from Monday evening 22 March to Tuesday 23 March

20:45 We arrived at the hospital, Sam fitted it was horrendous. It lasted 30 minutes, and I cannot begin to say how frightening it was, I thought I was going to lose him. He is asleep, we are waiting for a doctor,…

OUR PERFECT LIFE

Three years ago today at 8pm, was when my perfect, yet ordinary family life was blown apart and changed forever in the most tragic of ways. That morning when my son Sam and I woke up we were totally oblivious to how our day would unfold and what catastrophic,…

One Year On: Part 1 'Hope'

This time last year was the final week of Sam’s life. I just wanted to reflect on Sam’s life and his time in hospital. The first part of my blog this week will focus on Sam’s courageous fight during his last week, and how hope was so important to us. Part 2 will…

With the start of the new year, and a very busy few months I thought it was time to give people another update. I am sorry that I have been quiet of late. I had big plans for the start of the new year. But I will be fully honest, the start of the new year has hit me hard. It has, in a nutshell,…

Sam’s Superheroes had a very exciting meeting yesterday with the amazing Tori’s Woodland Adventures located down Radbourne Lane, Mickleover. We are super excited to say we are going to be collaborating on a few activities this year, which we cannot wait to tell you about! They all have Sam at the…

Click below to access the carol programme, which contains the order of service, carol words and an activity pack at the end for the children!

Our family Singalong Christmas Carol event on the 19th December in Mickleover, includes a LANTERN PROCESSION.  This is a very important part of our event as we will be lighting up the night sky with our lanterns showing Sam how loved and missed he really is; our very own Mickleover superhero! We…

Six months ago today, 8 May 2021, the most catastrophic, earth shattering, heart-breaking event happened; my beautiful son took his last breath. I invite you to LIGHT a CANDLE in MEMORY of SAM this EVENING, take a photo and post it on our Facebook page to show your love and support for our…

Happy HALLOWEEN to all our wonderful Sam's Superheroes Supporters. We hope you a lovely day, and we thought this photo of Sam and Daisy will allow you to remember Sam today with a smile. Sam was 4 and half years old at the time. 

It is from this time last year when Sam's daddy dressed Sam and…

Today is a tough memory day, bitter sweet. Sam and I went on our last holiday together this time last year, with our very special friends Becky and her daughter Holly.

We went to Norfolk staying in a Safari tent for five days, and what a fabulous time we had. We were so lucky that it didn't get…

You NEVER know how PRECIOUS a MOMENT is until it becomes a MEMORY My boy and Daisy pup going out on an adventure together #SamsSuperheroes #Love2Sam #NeverForgotten #loveyouforever

As today is #mentalhealthday I thought it apt to share this beautiful and poignant picture and life quote, from as you probably know by now, a book that is close to my heart, The Boy, The The Mole, The Fox and The Horse by Charlie Mackesy.

It was a book I took great comfort from when I read it…