Television journalist Jehan Casinader was eating alone at a New York City restaurant in September when he received an unexpected email from a retirement village in Christchurch.
He immediately opened the message that was titled, “Making a difference to someone’s life”. That person happened to be 90-year-old former nun and nurse Noelene Boag, who had read Jehan’s book about overcoming depression and suicidality.
“That’s not a sentence you read very often, if ever, and I was obviously intrigued,” recalls the award-winning reporter and author. “The email said my book had given new meaning to her life and a purpose to live, and she desperately wanted to meet and thank me. I knew I had to meet this lady, there was no question.”
