The Happy Pod: Sending my mother's ashes around the world

幸福之舱:将母亲的骨灰送往世界各地

Global News Podcast

2025-06-21

27 分钟
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The woman fulfilling her mother's dreams of travel by launching her ashes out to sea in a bottle. It's brought her happiness amid her grief. Also: Thailand's tigers bounce back; and making hospitals happier for children. Presenter: Nick Miles. Music composed by Iona Hampson
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  • This is The Happy Pod from the BBC World Service.

  • I'm Nick Miles and in this edition, an unusual version of A Message in a Bottle.

  • Even when things are really tough then,

  • you know that you're going to find something to be happy about in it.

  • When you get to the other side of it, you are going to be smiling at some point.

  • Why one woman decided to send her mum's ashes on a journey around the world.

  • how breeding deer helped a remarkable recovery for endangered tigers in Thailand, and...

  • My favourite part about the hospital model is that they can go to their room and jump on the bed,

  • right?

  • Gain a little more agency back.

  • How computer games can help make hospitals more fun for children.

  • We start with a story about trying to find happiness whilst grieving for a loved one.

  • Cara Melia's mother, Wendy Chadwick,

  • passed away at the age of 51 from an undiagnosed heart condition.

  • Determined to keep her dream of travelling the world alive,

  • Cara put some of Wendy's ashes in a bottle and launched it out to sea with a note that says,

  • this is my mum, throw her back in, she's travelling the world.

  • The bottle entered the water in the English seaside town of Skegness and when someone posted on social media that they'd found it on a nearby beach,

  • the story went viral.

  • Cara spoke to The Happy Pod's Holly Gibbs and started by telling her what Wendy was like.