We’re having back some routine now: clearly scheduled therapy sessions, daily walks, early bedtime, constant mealtimes plus me going to work three days a week. When I’m off, family members and friends take over and spend a few hours with Nadine, taking care that she gets a proper lunch and some entertainment. In the picture above you can see our friend Valerie preparing an organic pumpkin soup.

All our helpers so far did very well and we received lots of offers – we currently have more requests than vacancies. One problem is that we don’t have that many keys to distribute so that our ‘staff’ has to ring the doorbell. Unfortunately, Nadine won’t hear that when she’s asleep – and she falls asleep quite often in the late morning. As she won’t hear her iPhone either, I cranked up the volume of our landline phone. If you come around, make sure you got the number handy.