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When Gaia Holmes ’ dad David asked her to make the 500-mile trip from Halifax to the remote Orkney Islands to care for him , she was devastated to discover just how ill he was . But despite the challenges of the rocking gales , her dad ’ s privacy and refusal of conventional medical treatment , Gaia would not have been anywhere else .
The experience inspired her to write the poem , I Belong Here , which won 3rd prize in Carers UK ’ s Creative Writing Competition .
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