Remembering Ruby
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Ruby died of T-cell blood cancer aged 18, in 2020. In her memory, we raise research funds for @cclg_uk & share her motto far & wide: #LiveKindlyLiveLoudly
London, England
Joined July 2020
Ruby asked us to donate her savings (intended for gap-year travels) to research to find better blood cancer treatments. We set up a @CCLG_UK fund in her memory. V grateful for any donations; or if you’d like to fundraise for us please get in touch ❤️🙏 https://t.co/HBPD4DThHu
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Ruby's 'Live Kindly, Live Loudly' Fund is a Special Named Fund at CCLG raising funds for research into T-cell lymphoma and leukaemia
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❤️ Most of all LOVE your friends, your family, your pets - give them all a giant bear hug. Cherish your time with them and don’t take anything for granted. ♥ #rememberingruby /ends #livekindlyliveloudly
#forever18
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🐈 CURL UP, preferably with a cat and watch Killing Eve, Line of Duty, Sewing Bee, Race Across the World. Or if you fancy a movie how about Clueless, the Devil Wears Prada or (if you’re feeling crap) Princess Diaries, Merlin or the Sound of Music. #rememberingruby 9/n
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☺️ LIVE KINDLY at every opportunity. Say thank you to your bus driver, donate to your local foodbank, offer someone your seat on a crowded train, be mindful of others’ feelings, help an animal in distress. #rememberingruby 8/n
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😝 LAUGH loudly at every opportunity. Joe Lycett would be just the ticket. #rememberingruby 7/n
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💃🏻DANCE like nobody’s watching – the cheesier the better. Spice Girls, Britney, Queen, Steps (5, 6, 7, 8!) … #rememberingruby 6/n
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📢 LIVE LOUDLY - let people know you’re angry about the (many!) injustices in the world; write to your MP, join a protest march, debate the issues loudly with anyone who’ll listen. #rememberingruby 5/n
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🧣WEAR something bright and beautiful - orange, red or yellow if possibly (ideally all three!), preferably second hand or very ancient. BIG earrings🦜 #rememberingruby 4/n
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🍫 EAT lots; no animals and plenty of chocolate. Pancakes for breakfast, sushi for lunch, katsu curry for dinner plus chocolate cake, brownies, cookies – and an inordinate amount of cucumber. #rememberingruby 3/n
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🎤 SING at every opportunity – in the kitchen, in your bedroom or in the shower. How about: Mamma Mia, Shake it Off, Bad Romance or Lose Yourself - depending on your mood. #rememberingruby 2/n
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We’re remembering Ruby today on what would have been her 24th birthday. Forever loved & forever missed ❤️💔 We'd love you to remember her with us! Here are some ideas about how to have a very Ruby day ❤️ #rememberingruby 🧵1/n
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Until today when, on the eve of what would have been Ruby's 24th birthday, we made a mini pilgrimage up to the top in her memory. Following in her footsteps & leaving her motto on the edge of the crater ❤️ #livekindlyliveloudly /ends #vesuvius
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Though I remember hearing more about the food than the geography (an enormous quantity of ice cream was evidently consumed ❤️) Neither her Dad nor I had ever been to Vesuvius. 3/4
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We'd hesitated before agreeing to fund the trip - it wasn't cheap, & we were off on a family holiday to France the day she came back. But she really wanted to go. I'm so glad we said yes. She had such a great time! 2/4
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Six and a half years ago, Ruby climbed Mount Vesuvius as part of a sixth form geography field trip. (Ruby is second from the right in the back row ❤️) It was only 3 months before she was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. 1/4
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"She looked so beautiful and happy, my heart ached for her. But I felt glad she had been so loved, and I knew my life was better for having known her." From the Book of Suspicious Things by Jennie Godfrey I've just finished it & I'm in bits. Loved it ❤️💔
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Sadly it wasn’t to be: Ruby’s cancer was too aggressive. But it gave her a few more previous months on this earth ❤️ If you haven’t already, please consider signing up to the stem cell registry. You might save someone's life. \ends #rememberingruby
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It's #WorldMarrowDonorDay & we’re thinking of Ruby's anonymous donor, & all the other wonderful people who have donated their stem cells over the years. Saving thousands of lives as a result. This stranger's generosity gave Ruby her only chance of survival. 1/2
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Ruby's story of delayed cancer diagnosis was incredibly common amongst other teenagers we met going through cancer treatment. Quicker diagnosis will improve survival rates. Thank you to CCLG for sharing Ruby's story and for their #ChildCancerSmart campaign.
Emma Jones’ daughter, Ruby, was 17 when she died from non-Hodgkin lymphoma. She urges #HealthcareProfessionals to consider: “Could it be cancer?” 3 persistent symptoms, 3 GP visits, or 3 weeks of unexplained symptoms. Pick up the phone. https://t.co/mmFdMVAyUz
#ChildCancerSmart
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Huge thanks to Rosemead's Year 6 pupils whose business fair raised over £1400 for Ruby's fund; what a result! There are some budding entrepreneurs amongst you - good luck to all of you as you head off to secondary school. Enormous thanks to Rosemead for all their support ❤️
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