What do you do when you meet a great story?

At the recent Coderdojo conference I realised that every dojo at Slane Castle had a great story, possibly every person at the conference too. I tweeted as much. For me those stories are the interwoven complexities of how things happen in our society. I'm interested in where those stories get told, shared and remembered... after all is that not the fabric of society and the folklore of the future?

Sunday the 5th of May I had a similar experience...

Cycling to break the cycle of suicide and cupcakes, part 1

The story I want to share really starts when my hero husband decided to participate in the Cycle Against Suicide Campaign the spin between Gorey and Wexford. A very positive contribution to physically take part in the cycle that turned into an amazing experience he came back so buzzed! Plus it was a very positive way to talk about suicide with our three sons. That was the day Dubstarts was on in Dublin, while I headed up to have meetings and talk to startups about possible work, he got on his bike with about 200 other cyclists and did the spin to Wexford..Did you hear about the campaign? A two week cycle around Ireland with outreach into schools and communities.

That Sunday he got up at stupid O'Clock to drive to Dundalk and participate in the final leg into Dublin. Now this story is not about him. Although we are really proud of him and love that he participated and gave his legs to support such an amazing advocacy campaign.
"It's okay to not feel okay" is a huge message that coupled with "its okay to ask for help" is something that is being talked about and shared thanks to this astonishing campaign. Jim Breen and his team around CAS #Breakthecycle really have achieved something.

The Cycle against Suicide is a phenomenal story for a positive Ireland. Up until now 500 lives have been lost in Ireland annually to suicide. In the community we live in this is a real and present issue. If this issue effects you or you need to talk to someone about not feeling ok talk to someone  The Samaritans 1850 60 90 90. 

As a family we wanted to show our support and welcome the cyclists and our hero into Dublin, the kids were very excited about their Dad's participation. So Sunday saw us headed up to Dublin to hangout have some city culture before the scheduled cycle into Dublin. 

I was being fed a few images to tweet during the day and text messages to keep me informed where the group was and their estimated time of arrival to the Garda Rowing Club in Islandbridge.
The crowd gathered and enjoyed some music and stunt cycling while we waited.

As the time drew closer the awaiting crowd filtered out to the side of the road to form a welcome and... post 2