Only One of Me: A Love Letter from Dad

There's only one Lisa Wells. In December 2017, Lisa was diagnosed with terminal bowel and liver cancer. Determined to leave a lasting legacy for her daughters and inspired by a lifelong love of writing. Lisa collaborated with award-winning children's author Michelle Robinson to create Only One of Me. This tender and moving rhyming poem, illustrated by Tim Budgen, is both a love letter to Lisa's own daughters and a testament to the unwavering strength of parental love, a timeless message for families facing the challenges of bereavement.

Lisa Wells was diagnosed with terminal bowel and liver cancer in December 2O17. Determined to leave a legacy of love for five-year-old Ava-Lily and ten-month-old Saffia, she created Lisa’ s Army UK – a team of loved ones who will help support her husband Dan and the girls in a future Lisa won’ t live to see. Lisa has raised over £ 83k for charity and won Hello! Magazine’ s Star Mum Award. Only One of Me began as Lisa’ s love letter to her daughters. She hopes its publication will bring comfort to your family too. Tim Budgen was born in Surrey in 1977 and is a freelance illustrator. For much of his life he has been scribbling down ideas and can usually be found with a pencil in one hand and a sketchbook in the other. Tim lives with his wife by the sea on Hayling Island with their pets Baxter and Alfie. Michelle Robinson lives a few streets away from co-author Lisa in Frome, Somerset. Meeting and working with Lisa has been the highlight of Michelle’ s career to date – even topping the time Tim Peake read her book Goodnight Spaceman to Earth from space. Michelle’ s many other books include Ten Fat Sausages, How To Wash a Woolly Mammoth and Tooth Fairy In Training.