Cathryn

Everybody has a story to tell, some are short and sweet, some are complicated, some are sad and some make you laugh. There are some that make you stop and think and in listening and sharing their story you spread the wonder and love that keeps the pulse of humanity beating.

Today I met Cathryn as she came to donate blood. Cathryn shared her story with me as she donated and I hope I can do it justice here.

Cathryn gave birth to twin girls early and sadly both little girls died after birth. She went on to have another little girl and tragically she died after birth also. Some people don’t want to talk about such a sad loss, but others don’t want it to be a taboo subject. Her little girls have helped to change the world as Cathryn has come through the pain and loss and done a wonderfully positive thing in giving blood. Those little girls have shown how goodness finds a way and Cathryn feels blessed. Their legacy goes on and on….people have received Cathryn’s blood and their families and friends will hopefully have been inspired to become donors. I’m sharing their story and so it spreads further. Those little girls have indeed changed the world.

Cathryn donated her breast milk which is such a wonderful thing to do when she was probably at her very lowest. To be able to think of how she can help others whilst trying to cope with the loss of her daughters, to give when she has been robbed herself, is humbling.

Cathryn is passionate about being able to help others and to turn her tragedy into opportunity for others. She connected a woman who had had cancer to a woman who wanted to donate eggs and so the wonder of life and giving multiplies on and on. Three precious little girls started something miraculous…the gift of life for many many people.