I don’t see MND, I just see Lucy, the girl I love. She’s amazing
‘ We have found that thing that everyone looks for in someone else
Lucy’s partner, Tommy Smith, has spoken of his overwhelming relief that she and baby son LJ are safe and doing well.
The welder from Fochabers, whose proposal last year was captured in a moving video when Lucy was surprised with a ring while posing for photographs at a charity function, said the couple’s happy arrival only encourages them to appreciate every moment together.
He said: “When we became serious about one another Lucy had already had MND for four-and-a-half years. When you love somebody, it’s unconditional, whether they have an illness or not.
“The MND is not at the forefront of my mind or the forefront of the relationship.
If we based the whole relationship around MND it would be a pretty doom-and-gloom scenario.
“I don’t see Lucy as the awardwinning fundraiser with MND. I just see Lucy the way she is – the girl I love. She is amazing.
“A lot of people, especially at the start of our relationship, came away with, ‘You know she’s got MND and she’s not going to be around for ever.’
“But we both knew something was missing in our lives. We have found that thing everyone looks for in somebody else. We completely adore each other. And we found it at a young age – some people go their whole lives without that.
“So if I was to get five years with Lucy, I would rather have five years of the absolute best, than to have found it and walk away and wonder what I could have had.
“And now with the baby, it shows that what we have found is right. Her legacy will carry on through him. He is part of Lucy and me together.
“We would rather focus on the time we do have than be negative about the time we don’t have.”