THE RUNNING COMMUNITY IS ALWAYS THERE TO LIFT YOU UP

When my husband Graham became terminally ill, it was tempting to sink into despair.

- LISA JACKSON

I was worried about the treatment, and - scariest of all - how I would face old age and its challenges without the man who'd been by my side since I was 19. It was horrible, and I realized we couldn't go on that way. So we chose to live in hope, not fear. Key to this was our Positivity Book. We stuck in loving notes from friends and scraps of evidence to boost our hope that Graham would live longer than the 18 months to five years predicted.

Another important aspect was booking things into our diary to look forward to, such as trips abroad and running events. That is until lockdown meant we had to rely on simple pleasures like woodland walks to keep our positivity up.