Andrea
@myjessbrady.bsky.social
Proud mum to Jess and Hugh. I lost my lovely Jess to a very late cancer diagnosis. Raising awareness for Jess’s Law & https://jessicabradycedartrust.org.uk/
Despite battling horrible, escalating symptoms Jess created these advent stockings in the weeks before she died. Of course, they are now firmly part of our Christmas. Today, we are so pleased to donate to
December 6, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Despite battling horrible, escalating symptoms Jess created these advent stockings in the weeks before she died. Of course, they are now firmly part of our Christmas. Today, we are so pleased to donate to
The amazing Natalie has smashed 1,000 miles on her epic sea voyage! Still 2,000 to go. After a rough, seasick start, she’s powering on through the endless blue. We’re so proud of her!
November 23, 2025 at 8:53 AM
The amazing Natalie has smashed 1,000 miles on her epic sea voyage! Still 2,000 to go. After a rough, seasick start, she’s powering on through the endless blue. We’re so proud of her!
Know you are remembered, Jess. You lit up the world, and your force, truth, and sincerity remain. You should still walk with us, but we follow in your footsteps. Always. 🧵4/4
October 28, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Know you are remembered, Jess. You lit up the world, and your force, truth, and sincerity remain. You should still walk with us, but we follow in your footsteps. Always. 🧵4/4
I love you still. Unconditionally. Fiercely. My darling girl. You remain perfectly you, but oh, how I miss you — your gentle kindness, your diligence and determination, your laughter and your tears. 🧵3/4 #cancer
October 28, 2025 at 7:31 AM
I love you still. Unconditionally. Fiercely. My darling girl. You remain perfectly you, but oh, how I miss you — your gentle kindness, your diligence and determination, your laughter and your tears. 🧵3/4 #cancer
Today, like every day, I can hardly conceive that this world continues without you. How can this be? It is unimaginable. Not you, Jess. You were meant to be here — with your babies, your home, your life. #childloss 🧵2/4
October 28, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Today, like every day, I can hardly conceive that this world continues without you. How can this be? It is unimaginable. Not you, Jess. You were meant to be here — with your babies, your home, your life. #childloss 🧵2/4
My darling Jess. Thirty-two years ago, I held you in my arms for the first time. My perfect daughter. Alert, calm, inquisitive. There was nothing more precious. I loved you unconditionally, fiercely. #grief 🧵1/
October 28, 2025 at 7:30 AM
My darling Jess. Thirty-two years ago, I held you in my arms for the first time. My perfect daughter. Alert, calm, inquisitive. There was nothing more precious. I loved you unconditionally, fiercely. #grief 🧵1/
I have been leaving Jess a blaze of colour from our garden dahlias too. 💙
October 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I have been leaving Jess a blaze of colour from our garden dahlias too. 💙
Jess was a perfect guide. 🥰 In Chicago, Nashville and Houston, we followed Jess’s steps to restaurants, on bike tours, to the baseball, tourist spots big and small. We felt Jess with us at our shoulders, loving her always.🧵5/5
August 22, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Jess was a perfect guide. 🥰 In Chicago, Nashville and Houston, we followed Jess’s steps to restaurants, on bike tours, to the baseball, tourist spots big and small. We felt Jess with us at our shoulders, loving her always.🧵5/5
Jess asked her brother Hugh and me to follow her steps around the east and west coast of America. In April 2023, we kept our promise and completed some of her journey. This August we returned, following Jess’s beautiful scrapbooks and diaries. 🧵4/5
August 22, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Jess asked her brother Hugh and me to follow her steps around the east and west coast of America. In April 2023, we kept our promise and completed some of her journey. This August we returned, following Jess’s beautiful scrapbooks and diaries. 🧵4/5
She was resolute in her request that her GP practice should understand the significance of dismissing her symptoms. #JessRule Jess also said the money she had saved towards buying a house with Alex should be spent on ‘doing things’. 🧵3/5
August 22, 2025 at 8:12 AM
She was resolute in her request that her GP practice should understand the significance of dismissing her symptoms. #JessRule Jess also said the money she had saved towards buying a house with Alex should be spent on ‘doing things’. 🧵3/5
Jess never gave up hope. She wanted to defy the odds. Every fibre of her being remained positive. As did we. And yet, there were moments she contemplated the unthinkable… if she died, what then? 🧵2/5
August 22, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Jess never gave up hope. She wanted to defy the odds. Every fibre of her being remained positive. As did we. And yet, there were moments she contemplated the unthinkable… if she died, what then? 🧵2/5
The thing about being diagnosed with terminal cancer and being told you only have weeks left to live is that you are left with the unimaginable pain of having conversations you never planned for or conceived. This happened to my Jess, at 27. 🧵1/5
August 22, 2025 at 8:08 AM
The thing about being diagnosed with terminal cancer and being told you only have weeks left to live is that you are left with the unimaginable pain of having conversations you never planned for or conceived. This happened to my Jess, at 27. 🧵1/5
Jess never gave up hope. She wanted to defy the odds. Every fibre of her being remained positive. As did we. And yet, there were moments she contemplated the unthinkable… if she died, what then? 🧵2/5
August 22, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Jess never gave up hope. She wanted to defy the odds. Every fibre of her being remained positive. As did we. And yet, there were moments she contemplated the unthinkable… if she died, what then? 🧵2/5
I understand this, Caroline. 😍I love reading. When I have been really invested in a book I do miss the setting, characters and story when I finish. Have you read North Woods? It is beautiful.
August 18, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I understand this, Caroline. 😍I love reading. When I have been really invested in a book I do miss the setting, characters and story when I finish. Have you read North Woods? It is beautiful.
She feels just beyond reach and my heart feels raw. Thank you for remembering my darling girl. #JessRule #earlydiagnosis #nevertooyoung #cancer #grief #childloss 🧵4/4
July 30, 2025 at 10:50 AM
She feels just beyond reach and my heart feels raw. Thank you for remembering my darling girl. #JessRule #earlydiagnosis #nevertooyoung #cancer #grief #childloss 🧵4/4
In Paris, I remembered climbing the Eiffel Tower on Jess 13th birthday. Watching her in the dappled sunlight as we cruised along the Seine. 🧵3/4
July 30, 2025 at 10:49 AM
In Paris, I remembered climbing the Eiffel Tower on Jess 13th birthday. Watching her in the dappled sunlight as we cruised along the Seine. 🧵3/4
In the last few weeks, Simon and I have travelled through France. Remembering, longing and acknowledging the beauty around us. 🧵2/
July 30, 2025 at 10:49 AM
In the last few weeks, Simon and I have travelled through France. Remembering, longing and acknowledging the beauty around us. 🧵2/
Grief is not uniform, it manifests itself is so many different ways. I ache for Jess everyday. Assailed by memories from the past, the emptiness of the present and the reality of an unfulfilled future 🧵1/4
July 30, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Grief is not uniform, it manifests itself is so many different ways. I ache for Jess everyday. Assailed by memories from the past, the emptiness of the present and the reality of an unfulfilled future 🧵1/4
This photo of darling Jess makes my heart ache with longing and love in equal measure. It sums Jess up perfectly, her gentleness and adoration. I look at her protective arm circling her cousin, the hand held and head touching. You were an absolute beauty Jess - always. #grief #cancer
July 12, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Jess was diagnosed with stage 4 adenocarcinoma, cancer of an unknown primary, just 3 weeks before she died. She had paid for a private self- referral. Jess’s Rule, ‘Three strikes and we rethink’ is due to be launched into primary care this summer. 🧵2/3
June 22, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Jess was diagnosed with stage 4 adenocarcinoma, cancer of an unknown primary, just 3 weeks before she died. She had paid for a private self- referral. Jess’s Rule, ‘Three strikes and we rethink’ is due to be launched into primary care this summer. 🧵2/3
This is my lovely daughter Jess. It was taken on Christmas Day 2019. It was to be her last Christmas. She died on the 20th December the following year. She contacted her GP practice on 20 occasions in 5 months, but it was assumed her red flag symptoms were not cancer. 🧵1/3
June 22, 2025 at 2:57 PM
This is my lovely daughter Jess. It was taken on Christmas Day 2019. It was to be her last Christmas. She died on the 20th December the following year. She contacted her GP practice on 20 occasions in 5 months, but it was assumed her red flag symptoms were not cancer. 🧵1/3
8 years since Jess took me to Krakow for my 50th birthday. She was only 23 and saved every penny to pay for the trip.
4 years without her now. Impossibly hard living on memories, but blessed by those memories. Trying so hard to ensure she is never forgotten. #JessLaw
4 years without her now. Impossibly hard living on memories, but blessed by those memories. Trying so hard to ensure she is never forgotten. #JessLaw
April 10, 2025 at 6:39 AM
8 years since Jess took me to Krakow for my 50th birthday. She was only 23 and saved every penny to pay for the trip.
4 years without her now. Impossibly hard living on memories, but blessed by those memories. Trying so hard to ensure she is never forgotten. #JessLaw
4 years without her now. Impossibly hard living on memories, but blessed by those memories. Trying so hard to ensure she is never forgotten. #JessLaw
If you listen to podcasts, have a listen. If you don’t listen to podcasts, still have a listen.The first episode features Nicky Campbell; it is compelling and raw. The second is me. @immarkosullivan.bsky.social is a natural—no surprise to me, of course. 💙🧵8/
April 5, 2025 at 7:42 AM
If you listen to podcasts, have a listen. If you don’t listen to podcasts, still have a listen.The first episode features Nicky Campbell; it is compelling and raw. The second is me. @immarkosullivan.bsky.social is a natural—no surprise to me, of course. 💙🧵8/
The result turned out to be the interview I am most proud of—for my Jess. Talking in my home, to my friend, meant I relaxed and spoke with absolute frankness, sharing my love for Jess and the acute grief of losing her. 🧵7/8
April 5, 2025 at 7:41 AM
The result turned out to be the interview I am most proud of—for my Jess. Talking in my home, to my friend, meant I relaxed and spoke with absolute frankness, sharing my love for Jess and the acute grief of losing her. 🧵7/8
When my friend @immarkosullivan.bsky.social asked me to be interviewed for his Making Lemonade podcast, I agreed because he is awesome, but I was uncertain. Goodness knows what I might say if left to ramble on for half an hour. 🧵6/8
April 5, 2025 at 7:40 AM
When my friend @immarkosullivan.bsky.social asked me to be interviewed for his Making Lemonade podcast, I agreed because he is awesome, but I was uncertain. Goodness knows what I might say if left to ramble on for half an hour. 🧵6/8