Meet Olive, the inspiration for Making Lemonade
Olive is our daughter. Olive is a happy three year old, with a lovely smile. She loves ducks, Hey Duggee, giggling at her daddy and going on adventures.
Olive has quadriplegic cerebral palsy. As a result of a catastrophic brain injury at birth, she can’t sit, walk or talk, and is fed through a gastrostomy tube. Olive can’t do anything without help to meet every single need. However, she doesn’t let this stop her enjoying life to the fullest.
Life has given Olive lemons, but she makes lemonade.
Inspired by Olive's resilience and positivity we decided to create merchandise with the phrase ‘making lemonade’ initially to raise funds for an all terrain wheelchair. The popularity of these items and the positivity we received prompted us to open this little shop to support Olive's ongoing therapies.
We hope that the Making Lemonade sentiment resonates with you, we know many of you might be making lemonade too.