Mission accomplished!

Team Phoebe before the race

 We are delighted to report that Rachel and Matt both completed the Sheffield half marathon last Sunday, and with their friends who made up this year’s “run for Phoebe” team, raised almost £8,000 for the children’s hospital charity.  We are so proud of them!  As last year, we took Phoebe and Reuben to cheer the runners about two miles from the finish line, and were amazed at how relaxed and happy Rachel and Matt looked as they went past – we had expected them to be completely exhausted by that stage!  Of course the tiredness has kicked in since, but what an achievement!  Team Phoebe came back to the Lollars’ home after the race and shared lunch in the sunshine, wearing their well-deserved medals!

Finally the medals and photo!

Two weeks before Easter Rachel and Matt took the children to Florida to visit Matt’s parents, sisters and their families.  A great time was had by all!  We were so pleased to see photos of them all looking so relaxed in the warm weather and having normal family fun together.  The children coped well with all the travelling and seemed almost unaffected by jet lag on their return.

Phoebe is back to school, still taking Wednesdays as rest days.  She has some physio exercises to do to strengthen her muscles and improve her balance, and is soon to have some hydrotherapy sessions too.  The taste and smell of some food still makes her gag, but generally her appetite is good and she responds well to the continual reminders to keep drinking from her water bottle.


We are so glad to live near enough to be involved in Phoebe and Reuben’s lives.  They sometimes stay with us overnight, and we each have our time with Phoebe during the week – Jen on Mondays while Rachel takes Reuben to his swimming lesson, and Marcus on Wednesdays while Rachel walks the dog.  We are looking forward to the bank holiday weekend when Jon, Heather and Rosanne will be coming to stay and we will have all three grandchildren together.

Praise God from whom all blessings flow!

Marcus and Jen
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