I was first contacted by Charlotte nearly 2 years ago, she enquired about her wedding that I believe was to take place in 2008. I sent her my pricing, we swapped emails and then nothing, literally nothing. I was quite surprised as our chats on email were friendly and she seemed really keen. A year later Charlotte contacted me again, again we chatted and this time we spoke on the phone. Charlotte had been severely ill with a brain tumour, the tumour was on the stem of her brain, which made it in-operable and the only treatment being chemotherapy. Thankfully the chemo has worked and Charlotte was now recovering, and trying to plan her dream wedding again, and wanted to book my services.

When my father died in 1999, Max, my godfather, and my Dad’s best friend, became my surrogate father, taking his duties as my godfather very seriously, we are very close, so close that Max my son is named after him. On 15th May 2009 Max’s son Jarrod, and a lifelong friend of mine, died after 18 months battling a brain tumour. His wife Annie and 3 children, Elliot, Lawrie and Ava are constantly in my thoughts.

All of my fee for Charlotte’s wedding was donated to The Samantha Dixon Brain Tumour Trust, who cared for Jarrod throughout his illness.