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I SWAPPED MY HOME FOR A SCHOOL BUS!

Sharla May, 39, Palmerston North, NZ

Pottering around the house, my mobile rang. And when the number flashed on the screen, I braced myself.

‘Is everything okay?’ I asked anxiously, answering.

Every time the phone rang, I worried it was news about my dad, Ian.

In 2014, he’d suffered his first stroke at the age of 63 and his health had deteriorated rapidly.

My adventurous dad had always dreamed of travelling around New Zealand in a campervan once he retired.

But the stroke had

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