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‘Insecurity, depression, exhaustion and worry overshadowed one of the best times of my life. I look back now and can see the joy and love in those moments but at the time I thought I had gone mad. I had left my job (with no replacement job to go to) and moved hundreds of miles away from my friends and family to set up home with my, now, husband. We moved in December, just a few days before Christmas and during one of the coldest and snowiest periods in recent history. Looking out the window at the car buried under the snow, feeling a deep sense of sadness and surrounded by boxes and general chaos I felt trapped and worried that I’d made a terrible decision. Then the local choir started setting up to sing Christmas carols in the pretty square outside our new flat, I turned around to my dusty, sweat stained boyfriend, who looked up at me and grinned his beautiful grin and suddenly realised how incredibly lucky I was. I looked out the window as new snow started to fall, looked at the twinkle of the Christmas lights, heard the choir begin to sing and, instead of feeling trapped, felt a new sense of freedom and the ability to start writing myself a new future with my soulmate at my side. It’s funny how much difference a few moments can make, how much a smile can mean when it comes from the one you love.’

Verity Yeates