Paige has her say…

As I am running the Marathon on Sunday to raise money for the RNIB I thought my five year old daughter Paige, who has been blind from birth, should be allowed her say.

Actually Paige always has her say whether you want her to or not!

Over to Paige:

On the fundraising: “The money is to buy extra Braille books for children and extra help for blind adults and children. My favourite books are Rainbow Magic but I don’t want them in Braille because then I would have to read them and I don’t want to, I want Mummy to read them.”

On the Marathon: “I think the marathon is 26 miles which is in the north of England. I think the marathon is cool and I’m going to watch you on Sunday. I’m going to save my loudest voice for Sunday but I’m only going to shout for people called Daddy.”

On all the spectators: “I like pushing my way through a perilous crowd. I’m just going to go barge, barge barge.”

On her contribution to this post: She wrote: “fjfjfjfjfjfjfjfjjfjjjffghjkdqbv1234567890.”

On what she would like YOU to do: “Pay all your money you have in the world to the RNIB. Everyone should give £120.”

Over to you…

Go on make my day

There is no greater thrill than clicking through to my Justgiving page under the Sponsor Me button on the right to discover you lovely people have donated yet more money to the RNIB.

If you haven’t done so yet, be carefree, be reckless, abandon self control, and go mental with your credit card. Remember every pound you give, helps a blind person see, or something like that.

While on a charity theme excuse me if you have had heard the following allegedly true story but it still makes me laugh.

During a U2 concert Bono stood in front of the microphone and started clapping his hands in a slow rhythm. He told the now silent crowd: ‘Every time I clap my hands, a child in Africa dies’. The auditorium was hushed for a few seconds until a voice shouted out: ‘Well stop clapping you silly *****’