How my life events inspired the launch of ‘Wolo Shoebox’
Hubby and I are so proud to have finally created a document that has been a LONG time in the making. Somewhere to record all of the ‘information’ I wish i’d had to hand numerous times throughout my life. My mum died years ago, and so when my Dad was taken ill unexpectedly, it was up to my sister and I to sort everything. It was a complete shock when it happened, I was pregnant with our third child and the thought of having to deal with his personal effects, properties and financial affairs was completely overwhelming. It was hard to know where to start. It took months and months of liaising with a wealth of different people and companies to collate the information we needed, and even then there were huge gaps. We feel like we got there in the end, but even now, we don’t know if there are things that we ‘missed’.
Fast forward six years and I was diagnosed with breast cancer completely out of the blue. I ran the house, looked after the children, worked part time and dealt with most things myself whilst my husband Justin, worked hard to provide for us. Suddenly I was attending endless hospital visits, having treatment and was not able to function as I did before. Justin had to take over everything. To say it was a HUGE learning curve for us would be an understatement. He had no idea where most things were, how to log into our online accounts, who best to contact to have the children at short notice, which vets we used - nothing! It may sound trivial but really, it was tough. Imagine dealing with all of that, plus caring for three children, looking after a poorly wife, running the house, endless hospital appointments, oh, and working. Honestly, he deserves a medal for those times!!
I’ve now finished my active treatment and am back to work. Things are almost as they were (although in the meantime we’ve obviously started Wolo Foundation to help other families affected by cancer). Fast forward to now, i’m not working due to the Covid-19 pandemic and Justin has been furloughed. We decided to use the time to work on a document to record all of the things we wished we’d had written down before…and now…its ready! We believe it’s comprehensive enough to suit the circumstances of most individuals and families. The best bit is that we are able to offer it to everyone and raise money for Wolo Foundation at the same time. 100% of the proceeds go directly towards the running costs of the charity. We hope the document will help put many minds at rest, and will enable many more of you to live your lives to the full and help savour every moment. We only live once - WOLO! Click here to read more or to purchase your own Wolo Shoebox.
