A BRAVE young mother who has just weeks to live is making sure she leaves a legacy of happy memories for her four children.

At just 23, having recently given birth to a baby daughter, the news that Sharon Lamb had a brain tumour was a shattering blow. But despite being told by doctors she should think in terms of weeks rather than months and having to spend much of her time at the Wisdom Hospice in Rochester, she is determined to give her children the time of their lives.

She has already been on holiday with her children and husband, Chris, and is planning a boat trip and a visit to Legoland. On Tuesday she fulfilled a promise to her eldest daughter, Sophie, to give her the chance to fly in a plane.

Thanks to BAE Systems in Rochester and Millen Aviation Services, the six-year-old realised her dream and took to the skies over Kent with pilot Brian Bennewith.

Mrs Lamb, who watched her daughter’s flight from the runway at Rochester Airport, said: “Sophie has always been fascinated with and dreamt of flying and I wanted to make that dream come true for her. She loved it and she wants to be a pilot now.

“Now that I know I don’t have long left, it’s become really important to spend as much time with my family as possible. I want to leave them with as many happy memories of me as possible. Sophie’s flight is all part of that.”

Mike Millen, of Millen Aviation Services, said: “We were more than happy to help make Sophie’s dream come true. She had a great time.”

Mrs Lamb has already taken Sophie and her brothers and sister - Daniel, Luke and Katie - on holiday to Camber Sands. Her next plan is to take the two boys on a boat trip.

She said: “The boys love boats and they’d really enjoy an adventure.

“The eldest two know about my illness and they are finding things quite difficult. I told Sophie I was going to live in heaven and sometimes she cries, gives me a big hug and tells me she doesn’t want me to go.”

Relatives will care for the four children after Mrs Lamb’s death and she has no worries about their future. She said: “They won’t want for love at all. I’m not worried about them being looked after. I just wish I was the one to do it.”

Mrs Lamb suffered a brain haemorrhage while giving birth to Katie in February at Medway Maritime Hospital. Two weeks later she collapsed and doctors diagnosed her as having glioblastoma multiforme, the most aggressive of the primary brain tumours.

She found out the day she moved from her home in Heather Close, Weedswood, Chatham, to Sheerness.

The young mother has had an operation at King’s Hospital in London and six weeks of radiotherapy.

She added: "It has been an indescribably difficult time. My whole world has been turned on its head. Every day is precious to me and I want to spend as much time with my children as possible.”