Sitting on the shorefront and tucking into fish and chips, this was cherished family time.
Sat next to my dad Simon, 57, he loved taking me to the seaside as a child.
Running around the arcade together, family time was important to him.
I have my half siblings, Martin, 35, and Amy, 33, from my mum Yvonne, and then my half-sister Jade, 32, from Dad. I loved having such a big family.
But my life would begin to change when I was 12.
You see, Dad had life-changing news.
‘I have Huntington’s disease,’ he told me. ‘But I’m going to give this my all and fight this.’
I was only 12, so I think my parents kept some details from me. I had no idea what Huntington’s disease was.
And…