Dear All,
I am a very close friend of Lisa Connell and I am leaving this message for you all to read with the hope that this will be a constant reminder to Lisa that she needs to listen to her body, read the signs and slow down for the sake of her health and wellbeing.
Lisa has been running this fantastic creation www.rentadateforcharity.com, solely alone, day and night seven days a week from the very beginning. She had done so with no previous experience, continually learning as she goes along. She has tremendous will, determination and desire to achieve her goal of raising £1 million pounds for charity that she never stops, even when her body tells her to.
The day following her extremely uncomfortable Gamma Knife (Radiotherapy) treatment, she was on her laptop promoting her site, checking emails, running herself into the ground. From the outside Lisa looks perfectly fine. But the truth of the matter is that she is not. She is not well. She is physically, mentally and emotionally tired, but she puts up this front that requires so much energy. She has days when she feels so tired that she can’t do anything, but she still soldiers on. These days are beginning to become more regular, and now Lisa, as stubborn as she is, is finally recognising that she can’t keep this up.
The points I’m getting to is that Lisa needs to take her foot off the peddle and think about herself more and hopefully this Blog will be a constant reminder to her not to demand so much of herself. The other point is that by reading this Blog maybe you could be of great help to Lisa and the cause. Lisa desperately needs volunteers to help run this fantastic venture on a full time basis. Web designers, marketing, sales, pr, events or anything to do with the running of a business.
If you or anyone you know would be willing to help the business, and yourself, with being actively involved in the running of www.rentadateforcharity.com then please contact Lisa at the first opportunity.
The site will always be running and active but until Lisa can get capable volunteers onboard and more sponsorship money then things will have to slow down a little.
The pressures of living with a brain tumour and the demands of running www.rentadateforcharity.com alone have taken a massive toll on Lisa that she is now seeking further medical advice. All in all she is close to breakdown.
Please help keep this cause as strong as Lisa has already made it and even stronger, help make a difference, and more importantly in my eyes please help Lisa.
From a devoted and loyal friend.
