Why I'm running

I’m Running for Taylor 💙
This is my 3rd year giving back to the RFDS.

In 2020, we were in Monkey Mia camping for a family getaway. Taylor was only four years old at the time.

We headed out on a sunset cruise on the Aristocat catamaran when, in a moment that changed everything, Taylor fell approximately 2 metres down a stairwell, landing on her neck. She was unconscious, and when we found her, we genuinely feared the worst.

The terrifying part was that we were around 10 hours from Perth. Thankfully, the incredible team at the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) came to our rescue and safely flew Taylor home to Perth Children’s Hospital.

Poor Grant and the girls were left behind to pack up our campsite and make the long drive home while I stayed with Taylor. It was an experience none of us will ever forget.

Taylor had fractured her skull and her T1 vertebrae. Thankfully, she didn’t require surgery, but she spent the next few weeks in a neck brace.

As a mum, this was without a doubt the most terrifying experience of my life. Watching your little girl go through something so serious, so far from home, is something I never want to experience again.

I will be forever grateful to the incredible people at the RFDS who were there for Taylor when we needed them most. ❤️

So now, I’m Running for Taylor — and for all the families who may one day need the RFDS just as much as we did.