Former Saturdays singer Mollie King has shared a heartfelt tribute to her late father as part of Brain Tumour Awareness Month.
The 35 year old star, who is also well known for her presenting work on BBC Radio 1, opened up about the devastating loss of her father last year, just three months after his initial diagnosis.
Taking to Instagram to speak openly about her experience, Mollie shared a poignant photo of herself with her dad, Stephen, as she wrote about how much she missed her father and how grateful she was that he had been able to meet his granddaughter Annabella just days before losing his battle to the vicious disease.
Beginning her post, Mollie wrote: “This month is Brain Tumour Awareness month. I’ve always tried not to let myself think about losing someone I love, it’s too hard to think about, but last year this fear became a reality.”
“In August my wonderful Dad was diagnosed with a brain tumour and we had to say goodbye to him just 3 months later. It’s still very hard to write about, I’ve been putting off writing this post because it’s easier to push it to the back of my mind and try to keep as busy as possible to cover up the heartache.”
As the lengthy post then continued, Mollie spoke emotionally about how Stephen was the “best dad she could ask for” as she praised him for being “caring, funny and honest” throughout her life.
In a particularly heartfelt moment she reflected on how loving a grandfather he was and how she was so “thankful” that he had been able to hold Annabella before his death.
“Dad was the best Dad you could ask for. So caring, funny, honest and the best Grandpa to the little ones in our family,” she continued.
“I know how much he would have adored Annabella and am so thankful that he got to hold her.”
“I think of him every single day and talk to Annabella about him when we’re winding down in the evening.”
“For anyone who has lost someone, you might agree that the nights are the hardest, and talking about him in the past tense is something I hate doing,” she added.
Following her own expression of grief, Mollie then progressed to speak more about how much Stephen’s diagnosis had changed his life, and how quickly his symptoms had progressed.
She wrote: ”Dad’s life was cut short and his diagnosis came completely out of the blue – he was out walking Alfie with me the morning that everything changed.”
“Dad was incredibly active, he ran 3 marathons and walked in Richmond Park almost every day. He had so much life left to live.”
With her family left “utterly heartbroken” by the loss, Mollie revealed that they had been doing everything they can to help raise money and awareness for The Brain Tumour Charity, who work tirelessly to support anyone affected by a brain tumour or brain cancer.
As part of their campaigning efforts, Mollie went on to reveal that her sister Laura will be running the London marathon later this year in order to raise money for the charity.
“Dad would be so incredibly proud! If you would like to support @thebraintumourcharity and my sister in her marathon, it would mean the world and certainly help give her that extra push to get to the finish line,” concluded the star, before finally adding: Our lives will never be the same after losing our beloved Dad and our love and thoughts go out to anyone whose life has also been touched by cancer .”
To find out any more information about brain tumours check out the The Brain Tumour Charity who share really useful information and offer fantastic support. Or to sponsor Laura, head over to Just Giving.
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