My goal
My goal for this year’s fundraiser is to walk 4000 steps every single day throughout February and March to help raise vital funds for children living with Type 1 Diabetes.
This cause is incredibly close to my heart, and every step I take is in honour of the brave kids who face this condition every day. Your support means the world — together, we can make a real difference.
Brave Like Morning
In the early light of waking,
when the world is soft and new,
a small child greets the sunrise
with a strength the sun once knew.
There’s a meter on the table,
a kit beside the bed,
numbers dancing on a screen
before cartoons have even led.
Little hands that should hold crayons
steady now for something more—
a quick check, a tiny prick,
a bravery at their core.
School bag packed with pencils,
notes, and snacks they’ll need,
for glucose dips, for sudden lows,
for moments life adds speed.
They run just like the others,
laughing bright and wild,
but carry quiet courage
that’s rare in any child.
A hero without a cape,
with courage in each choice—
every check, each measured step,
a triumph in their voice.
And when the day is ending,
and the stars begin to gleam,
they curl up with tomorrow
tucked gently in their dream.
For though their journey’s different,
their heart beats bold and free—
a child living with Type 1,
and stronger than they see.
They say the body keeps the score.
And when I look at him, I know exactly what that means.
I see it in the faint shadows on his skin, the places we’ve already used, the places we’re supposed to avoid now. The adhesive irritation that never fully disappears no matter how gentle I am. The tiny bruises that show up without warning, like his body whispering, I’m tired.
His body keeps the score of every time it’s been poked, pierced, taped, asked to cooperate when it didn’t want to. Every site change. Every sensor. Every moment we asked more of him than any kid should have to give.
These aren’t battle scars in a dramatic way.
They’re quiet.
Easy to miss.
But they wreck me if I let myself really look.
Because his body didn’t choose this.
It didn’t choose to be a medical workspace.
It didn’t choose to be managed.
It didn’t choose to learn endurance so young.
And yet it keeps showing up.
It adapts.
It heals just enough for us to move on to the next spot.
It carries the memory of every interruption and still makes room for joy, for play, for being a kid.
Some days the marks make me angry.
Some days they make me ache.
Some days I want to scream at how unfair it is that his skin has to remember what his childhood shouldn’t.
And some days, they remind me how much love lives in this work.
Because every mark exists because we’re trying to keep him safe.
Because someone is paying attention.
Because his body is being held imperfectly, relentlessly, with everything we have.
His body keeps the score.
And so do I.
Not in numbers.
In memories.
In fear swallowed down.
In love that shows up over and over again, even when it hurts.
That’s the part no one prepares you for how much of this lives in the body, long after the moment has passed.
I'm walking for a world without type 1 diabetes in Brisbane!
I'm joining the world's largest type 1 diabetes (T1D) fundraising event for families at Roma St Parklands this March!
Why? To help raise $1.1 million for life-changing T1D research, and ultimately turn type 1 into type NONE.
T1D can strike anyone at any time, and 8 Australians are diagnosed every day. Diagnosis means a 24/7 fight with no break, and facing an extra 180 decisions a day to remain safe and healthy.
Please support my walk today.
My One Walk fundraising achievements
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Reached Fundraising Target
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Elite Walker
Increased Fundraising Target Over $500
Thank you to my Sponsors
$54.12
Lorraine Browning
Congratulations Emma a wonderful fund raiser for a worthy cause.
$27.81
Kim
Well done Emma!
My Fundraising Journey
