Can’t believe it’s been 16 years since my cousin Tracey died. She taught me many things, including scottish politics and introduced me to The Smiths. She was the greatest mother to two children she was told she’d never be able to have.

I got a tattoo in her memory. An April moon, signifying the pink flowers of spring, and a face, because my mum and I always can see a face on the moon. It reminds me someone is watching over me.

She was famous but for the wrong reasons https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/transplant-liver-saved-1453304.html%3famp

Read the story! It’s pretty fascinating!

If Tracey hadn’t got a liver transplant back in 1993 I’d have never really known her - I was only 3! But I’m so thankful for the years I had with her. I miss her every day.

BUT...she died waiting on another liver because they don’t last forever. Be an #OrganDonor and most importantly, tell you family your wishes, because they still get the final say.

Some common things people say about #OrganDonation - “my liver will be useless to anyone coz I luv a drink!” Your Friday night bender won’t stop someone dying from liver failure getting another chance. Plus, let the bloody doctor decide how good your liver is.

“My heart feels everything”...it doesn’t. It’s an organ.

“I couldn’t possibly give away my eyes, what if I can see through the person who gets them?” You won’t. You’ll be dead. Also for the record it’s not your whole eyeball that’s transplanted, only the cornea. Learn what that is.

There’s a million more myths but at the end of the day, you have the chance to save multiple lives by donating your organs. If you do one thing today make sure you TELL YOUR FAMILY YOUR WISHES because a #organdonation card don’t mean shit. Over and out.