Mr & Mrs O’Neill

Every kilometre is for someone

💜 5KM A DAY FOR DEMENTIA 💜

So… my husband and I have decided to walk 5km every day of November to raise money for dementia.

And honestly, this one hits pretty close to home.

Dementia is one of those diseases you don’t really understand until you watch someone you love, or someone close to the people you love, slowly get taken away from you by it.

Dementia has touched our family in more ways than we’d ever wish it had. It has affected people we love, people close to us, and families we’ve watched go through the absolute heartbreak of it.

And it’s not just the person with dementia who suffers. It’s the husbands, wives, kids, grandkids, friends and everyone around them who watches someone they love change.

You watch memories disappear. You watch little pieces of the person you know disappear. You watch families have to deal with things they never imagined they would.

And there really is no sugar-coating it — dementia is fucking heartbreaking.

So we’re going to walk.

5km. Every day.

Some days it’ll be easy. Some days it’ll be bloody hard. And some days we’ll probably be asking ourselves why the hell we decided this was a good idea 😂

But every kilometre is for someone.

Someone who has forgotten a name.

Someone who can’t remember a face.

Someone who is still fighting.

And someone who has had to watch the person they love slowly disappear in front of them.

If you can spare a few dollars, we’d genuinely appreciate your support. If you can’t, that’s completely okay too — sharing this, following along or cheering us on means a lot.

Hopefully our sore legs can turn into something good for people and families dealing with this horrible disease.

5km a day. For the people we love. For the families who are living through it. And for everyone affected by this horrible disease. 💜

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