INSPIRATION

“My Mum’s name is Prerana. It means ‘Inspiration’ in many Indian languages. She said she’d travel to New Zealand (for the first time all by herself, at age 73) to visit my wife Dee and I.

When she arrived in Dec 2011, I remember jumping over the airport barricades and running to give her a hug. For that 50-day visit, I thank God for every day… We traveled and ate and talked and laughed and made so many fond memories — they’re enough to last a lifetime.” —jayesh sharma