A courageous girl screamed ‘I really like you mum’ all the way in which to the bottom throughout a terrifying charity skydive. Robyn Cities, from Arbroath, accomplished the bounce on Thursday night time in reminiscence of her mum, Dorothy, who she misplaced to mind most cancers.
Robyn, 22, took the ten,000ft leap at Strathallan Airfield, in Perthshire, and stated it was the ‘most superb expertise of her life.’
She stated she hoped her mum would have been happy with her superb bounce that was organised by her finest pal, Ailsa Teviotdale, who additionally took the plunge.
Chatting with Dundee Dwell, Robyn stated: “Doubtless it was one of the best expertise of my life. I screamed ‘ I really like you mum’ all the way in which down as I do know she was watching me from someplace.
“I feel she would have been actually happy with us.”
And she or he added: “I used to be fairly emotional on the way in which up within the aircraft however didn’t really feel nervous in any respect. There have been over 20 supporters on the bottom with banners together with mum’s three finest associates.
“It was a tremendous day and I wish to now do different fundraisers - I've set the bar fairly excessive although!”
Robyn was nonetheless in secondary college when her mum Dorothy was given the shock prognosis in 2017 and her life modified endlessly.
Describing the day she discovered her mum was unwell, she stated: “The day Mum was recognized is a day I'll always remember because it modified my household life endlessly.
“Mum had completely no signs in anyway. I left for college one morning and she or he was completely high quality – by lunchtime all the things had dramatically modified.
“We had been in absolute disbelief when Mum was recognized simply hours after her first symptom.
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“Getting my head round what we had been advised when Mum hadn’t even been unwell in any respect was actually tough.”
And she or he added: “We had been overwhelmed with upset, shock and anger about why this occurred to my household.
“All of us by no means knew what the subsequent day would deliver – Mum stored outdoing on a regular basis scales we got again and again.
“We're endlessly grateful for that point. Some days, Mum could be so brilliant which was such a pleasure and this fixed state of uncertainty simply turned our new lifestyle.”
Dorothy tragically handed away in December final 12 months after she was recognized with a glioblastoma mind tumour in August 2017.
This is among the most aggressive sorts of mind tumour and usually comes with a brief prognosis of simply 12-18 months on common.
Amazingly, Dorothy lived for one more 4 years and 4 months together with her husband Derek, Robyn and their much-loved canine, Jet.
Robyn did the skydive to lift cash for The Mind Tumour Charity.
She got down to elevate £1,000 however on the day of the bounce the full had reached £5,801. By the tip of the weekend it sat at a tremendous £6,201.
Robyn thanked Ailsa for organising the bounce and two native corporations which were very beneficiant - Inverkeilor haulage agency RT McEwan, who her dad works for and Carnegie Fuels, in Brechin.
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