FSS 4 LIFE - our journey with cancer

14/11/2025

When I woke after only a couple hours of sleep, it took me a few moments to register where we were.My knee starts to throb, pulling me back to the immediate reality. I remember the tree, flying through the air, and landing on the pebble stone path. I roll the leg of my Peter Alexander French Bulldog printed pyjama pants to examine my knee again… Double in size since I last saw it before I went to bed....

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When I woke after only a couple hours of sleep, it took me a few moments to register where we were.My knee starts to throb, pulling me back to the immediate reality. I remember the tree, flying thr…

14/11/2025

6th August 2017, the morning of day three of our six-week around-the-world family holiday. We were due to fly 16 hours from Hong Kong to New York, but not until later that night. Hong Kong in August is excruciatingly hot, steamy and incredibly sticky. The humidity is at an all-time high of 1000% at least. Before I get started, I should give you some background....

6th August 2017, the morning of day three of our six-week around-the-world family holiday. We were due to fly 16 hours from Hong Kong to New York, but not until later that night. Hong Kong in Augus…

14/11/2025

I haven’t written a blog in a couple of years — not intentionally, life just happens.But today, on Katie’s anniversary and the hardest day of the year, I thought I would.This post I dedicate to Katie — my original ride or die. The one person I could always count on to show up for me, regardless of what she had going on....

I haven’t written a blog in a couple of years — not intentionally, life just happens.But today, on Katie’s anniversary and the hardest day of the year, I thought I would.This post I dedicate to Kat…

13/11/2023

Today is the hardest day of the year. We still can’t believe you’re not here. And it’s been 7 years, 7 years without. 7 years since you took your last breath, and we had to say goodbye,
it breaks my heart every day. I still can’t believe it’s been 7 years ‘How could it be seven years? Because you were just right here?’
We miss you every minute of everyday. You were truly the best person I have ever known, so kind, gentle, generous and loving. Princess Abby has so much of you in her, you would be so proud of her and the young lady she is turning into.
There is not a day that goes by that I don’t wish that you were still here. They say time heals all wounds that simply isn’t true, time is just a reminder that we are here and you’re not.

‘With one hand the past moves us forward. With the other it holds us back.’

We will miss you forever, we will love you forever and always.
FSS 💕💕💕

13/11/2022

6 years… It’s hard to believe that it’s been 6 years since we last saw you, held you, told you we loved you. It seems like just yesterday that you were here. Time goes by so fast, we blink and it’s gone. Like Uncle Bruce said ‘Life is not short. But it is fast.’ He was right. So much time has gone by, yet it seems like yesterday. Everything has changed. All I wish is that you were here, to talk to, giving me your view on the world. I miss you so much.
You are the best person I know and will ever know. So kind, loving, strong, beautiful and smart. You are my hero, you fought until the end with such strength, dignity and grace.
We are blessed to have Abby a constant reminder of you. A baby Katie. Our princess. She is exactly like you, so smart, kind, strong and beautiful, you would be so proud of her. We watch her grown into this amazing young lady just like her mummy. We are all blessed to have her.
I still want to call you everyday, I miss our afternoon chats, the way you saw the world, how you saw the good in everyone, no matter what. I miss your smile, your laugh, your tears. I miss you, it hurts everyday that you’re not here. And I still can’t believe it’s been 6 years. 6 years without you, 6 years of missing you every minute of everyday, 6 years since we said good bye.
I love you bubba. I will miss you forever, I will love you always
FSS for eternity xoxoxo

22/03/2022

So very true 😥

— You Don’t Just Lose Someone Once —

You lose them over and over,
sometimes many times a day.
When the loss, momentarily forgotten,
creeps up,
and attacks you from behind.
Fresh waves of grief as the realization hits home,
they are gone.
Again.

You don’t just lose someone once,
you lose them every time you open your eyes to a new dawn,
and as you awaken,
so does your memory,
so does the jolting bolt of lightning that rips into your heart,
they are gone.
Again.

Losing someone is a journey,
not a one-off.
There is no end to the loss,
there is only a learned skill on how to stay afloat,
when it washes over.

Be kind to those who are sailing this stormy sea,
they have a journey ahead of them,
and a daily shock to the system each time they realize, they are gone,
Again.

You don’t just lose someone once,
you lose them every day,
for a lifetime.

Donna Ashworth Words

10/03/2022

I know we have been rather silent for a while, although Cassie has been posting her "Cassidents" blog with you, in the hopes of making you laugh. I know I have laughed during the incidents. And laughter is the best medicine. Or so they say.

Katie created this page to document our journey with cancer. However, that journey has somewhat ended. Cassie and I have been discussing what to do to continue this page. Katie was passionate about awareness. To be self-aware. Body aware. Health aware. To do this effectively, over the next few months we will be developing this page to be more interactive, so we can support others, and so you may share your journeys with us and our family of followers. We would like to hold events, picnics, bbq's, get togethers and fundraisers to provide community support, and to be more than a page entry, and to get to know you all.

We thank you for your support, for us, and for Katie. We look forward to sharing with you this next journey of Katie's legacy.

01/02/2022

If you need a laugh here is my latest blog! I hope you enjoy it x

I’ve joined a challenge at a local gym. Last week I went down and signed up for the challenge and my first class. I struggled getting into the car, before I even got to gym. I open the driver’s doo…

29/01/2022

Hi all,
And the Casidents continue into 2022. If you’re after a laugh have a read. I hope you enjoy it.

Cass 🥰😘

My fingers touch the pool wall as I finish my fourth lap. I stand at the end of the pool waiting for Kristal to finish her lap, pressing my back to the wall. I tap the screen of my Apple Watch brin…

06/01/2022

Hi All,

Happy new year, I hope you’re all having a wonderful and safe holiday season.

Here is my first blog for 2022, actually my last blog for 2021.

I hope you enjoy it.

Cass x

Okay, so, my Christmas message saying I was Casident Free and hoping for a more adult and Casident free 2022, may have been a tad premature. New Years, Eve, Eve Kristal the kids and I were at Tugge…