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Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
I've been trying to think of a way to honour all the wonderful support and friendship AlisonM brought to the forum in the 7 years she was a member and Moderator here. She was our third most prolific poster, which indicates her engagement with as many people and problems she could manage, usually playing down the personal difficulties she endured and concentrating on helping others, either with wisdom, good humour, or gentle encouragement. I don't recall her ever crossing swords with anyone - leastwise, no-one who didn't deserve it! 🙂
Here's what I'd like to do, and how you can all help me. As you may know, I am training to run the Southampton Half Marathon on April 23rd, 2017, and I'd like you to 'join' me along the 13.1 mile route 🙂 Don't worry, you don't have to do any actual running, you can leave that to me! 🙂
How can you help?
I'd like everyone who wants to, to let me know what words you would associate with Alison and the help and support she gave you. I will then create a 'word cloud' picture from your names and the words and have that printed on a t-shirt that I will wear for the run. That way, I'll be able to carry you all any your impressions round with me 🙂 If you're not sure what a word cloud is, here's an example:
The way the picture works is that it takes all the words from a list or piece of text and generates the cloud, emphasising in bold, larger letters the words that appear most frequently 🙂 So, if you'd like to take part, please post your list of words, and if there are any that you feel particularly strongly about, repeat the word several times so that it will become emphasised more in the final cloud.
So, for example:
kind kind kind kind kind kind kind
funny funny funny funny funny
crafty crafty crafty
Scottish Scottish Scottish Scottish Scottish Scottish
Whatever you think of 🙂
I've also set up a justgiving page for anyone who wishes to make a donation to Diabetes UK in her memory:
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/rememberingAlly
There's no need to make a donation in order to be included, only if you wish to.
Here's what I'd like to do, and how you can all help me. As you may know, I am training to run the Southampton Half Marathon on April 23rd, 2017, and I'd like you to 'join' me along the 13.1 mile route 🙂 Don't worry, you don't have to do any actual running, you can leave that to me! 🙂
How can you help?
I'd like everyone who wants to, to let me know what words you would associate with Alison and the help and support she gave you. I will then create a 'word cloud' picture from your names and the words and have that printed on a t-shirt that I will wear for the run. That way, I'll be able to carry you all any your impressions round with me 🙂 If you're not sure what a word cloud is, here's an example:
The way the picture works is that it takes all the words from a list or piece of text and generates the cloud, emphasising in bold, larger letters the words that appear most frequently 🙂 So, if you'd like to take part, please post your list of words, and if there are any that you feel particularly strongly about, repeat the word several times so that it will become emphasised more in the final cloud.
So, for example:
kind kind kind kind kind kind kind
funny funny funny funny funny
crafty crafty crafty
Scottish Scottish Scottish Scottish Scottish Scottish
Whatever you think of 🙂
I've also set up a justgiving page for anyone who wishes to make a donation to Diabetes UK in her memory:
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/rememberingAlly
There's no need to make a donation in order to be included, only if you wish to.
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