Helen Fowler: MS and the importance of family support

THE importance of family lies at the heart of Ian Fleming’s Chitty, Chitty, Bang, Bang.
Scrumptious fly off to Vulgaria, if it weren’t to save a fellow family member? Their poor old Grandad Potts has been abducted by Vulgarians while paying a visit to the “facilities” in his back garden.
So when my kids, husband and I got to see the show at the Festival Theatre in Edinburgh the other week, it reminded me of how much I rely on my own family for support. Okay, granted, no evil villains from Vulgaria (or its modern equivalent) have even attempted to kidnap me mid-flow. Or anywhere else for... read more