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I. Me. Mine

Kamal Bengougam is Director of Business Development & Marketing at Eversys.

Recently, my wife Tracy broke her ankle quite badly and I had to become her carer. I did things I had never had to do before, to have another human being solely dependent on me. I must admit, it was not easy. I had no ‘duck to water’ moment. I stopped looking at the world through my own lenses and took up hers.

I wonder how my mother was able to juggle her job plus the running of a home with four demanding children and a husband that never helped at home. My belated appreciation and respect for her has grown exponentially over the past few weeks. To my mother, empathy, and giving, was a

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