Health
Finding a care home
The Medical Escort was happy for Roger to fly home but she wasn’t going to let him return to his home where he lived alone. While he was in India, he had a full-time carer who stayed with him in Read more…
Health
Find out what had to happen before they gave us permission to return home
The travel insurance provider arranged for us to have a call with a medical expert so that they could assess Roger’s health over the phone. I thought this would be the end of it but they explained that we couldn’t Read more…
Health
Why we dropped everything and rushed to India
We arrived in India, dropped off our luggage at someone’s home, went to see Roger and then searched for a hotel to stay in. It was scary to see him looking so fragile. Our stay in India was difficult in Read more…
Health
When Roger was diagnosed with PSP
Purpose and anonymity I’ve created a series of articles to share my experience of what happened after a close family member was diagnosed with PSP, in the hope that it will be useful and valuable in some way. In order Read more…
Sprituality
How Heena 2.0 came about
Prior to 2008 I had no idea about the depth of my ignorance. The ignorance was about Jainism, spirituality, my thoughts, words and behaviour and the majestic happiness that I wasn’t tapping into. I’ve written a few articles that describe Read more…
Children
The Big Half: my first sponsored event since being in secondary school
When I first became familiar with this cause My first trip to Sayla, India was in 2009. That’s when I found out about the many humanitarian projects that the Ashram ran. The Ashirwad Centre was one of them and that’s Read more…
Money saving tips
Getting our bathroom refurbished: the lessons and the successes
The motivation behind getting the bathroom redone was to encourage me to have soaks to help manage issues with my back. This article is about the journey from start to finish: creating a design, finding a contractor, ordering everything that was needed and the many dramas that came up before, during and after the job.
