So today I wanted to talk about the amazing Charity Make A Wish Foundation. You may already know about them but for everyone who doesn't the aim of this charity is to grant extremely ill children with a wish. They work extremely hard to make their wish come true from meeting their hero to going on their dream holiday. They also hold events for the children as well which is a great day out and also a good chance to meet other children going through the same illness.

How the charity works is you have to nominate a child to make a wish and the child gets to make 3 Wishes and one of them will come true. Luckily when I was under treatment someone kindly nominated me and I was allowed to make 3 wishes. I was sent through a sheet of paper and had to write down my wishes (at the time I was about 6 years old). So at that age I was obsessed with Jamie Oliver... I have no idea why... but my first wish was to meet him and cook with him. My second wish was to become a zoo keeper for the day as I absolutely loved animals and wanted to feed penguins. Lastly my third wish was to go on a shopping spree... not asking for much was I! Trust me if I got to make those wishes again I'd probably want to meet Zak Efron, who wouldn't!

After we sent the paper back in the post we got invited to an event held at the rainforest café in London where I would find out what wish had come true. It was amazing event, we got to eat in there and watch all the animals come to life. The event was hosted by a presenter of blue peter (and for the life of me I can not remember his name) and he called every child up one by one to announce what wish they'd been given. So my wish I was granted was going to meet Jamie Oliver and cooking with him! At the time I was so excited and it was featured in the newspaper that I got this opportunity to do this.

Unfortunately Jamie Oliver was on holiday at the time I was supposed to meet him... Lets not go into detail still a sore subject! However the lovely people at make a wish made different arrangements and sorted out for me to be a zoo keeper for the day at London zoo. I was greeted by a lady who worked for make a wish and spent the day with me, I was taken behind the scenes, got to meet some of the animals in person and also was allowed into the penguin enclosure to feed them.

Honestly for such an ill child being allowed to do something that you would never normally be allowed to do is amazing and the experience will last with them forever. This charity creates great memories for families and allows a child to get out of the same hospital walls they see everyday. If you get a chance please donate to this charity or nominate a child you think deserves to make one of their wishes come true! Thank you for reading xx