I lost my 64-year-old mother to cancer. I knew it was coming. We all did.
On 28th September 2016, my heart was irreparably broken, and my life changed forever. I received the worst news that I have ever received, completely out of the blue.
My Mum, 64-year-old, Madeline Ann Coles or ‘Maddie’ as she loved to be called, had been diagnosed with Stage 4 lung and liver cancer.
In the blurry days that passed, she agreed to chemo to extend the two weeks ‘death sentence’ she had been given.
In the precious weeks that followed, this beautiful lady, like so many before her, was poked, prodded, scanned and injected with a myriad of chemicals.
Mum set out to make sure that everything was ‘in order’ and we began planning some special times together with the family and supporting her to tick off important bucket list items. Mum also told me that I did not need to worry about anything as she was sorting it all out, I respected this and gave her and my Pops the necessary space for this to take place.
Early in December 2016, Mum made the heartbreaking decision to end her ‘life extending’ treatment.
She told me that “if this is good as it gets, it’s not good enough for me”. Albeit broken, I respected and accepted her wishes. And so, we set out to tick off as many other bucket list items as we could. On the morning of 25th February 2017, just 21 weeks and 4 days after diagnosis, my beautiful Mum, Maddie, passed away. She died at home where she wanted to be, with her loved ones.
Not everything was in order. Mum simply ran out of time.
“Don’t think of me as gone away, my journeys just begun. Life holds so many facets, this earth is only one”.
Since that day, I have set out to find a way of helping others to ‘get things in order’. Something easy to use, something affordable, something secure, something accessible by users and their loved ones 24/7, something that can provide the greatest gift of all – peace of mind for yourself and your loved ones.
TellThem4Me® provides a nest for your information which your loved ones can access at a time when they need it most, allowing them to speak for you and make decisions for a time when you can’t. In getting your affairs in order, your loved will know that they are doing what you would have wanted them to do.
Welcome to TellThem4Me® and the legacy of my beautiful Mumma, Madeline Ann Coles.
