I started having what I call ‘moments’, where I felt like I was simply scrambling to keep my head above water.I would have times where I would burst into tears for no reason or I felt like I couldn't breathe, but just brushed it off and got on with things as well as I could.March is when things started to get really hard.
I don't think it had ever crossed my mind that a global pandemic would be something I would live through. You just don't think it will ever happen.
It was strange, one day I was in work and the next minute I wasn't. Welcome to furlough. This, however, was not the case for my husband who was classed as a key worker and had to continue working in retail while people started panic buying, emptying the shelves just as quickly.
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