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'I’m working in an emergency surgery ward, but I’m also doing bank shifts on some of the Covid wards. They can get a little bit short staffed.

'I’ve had to leave my house. My husband has a respiratory condition and is doing social shielding on the advice of his GP. Five weeks ago, I decided that I wouldn’t be able to breathe on him. So, to keep him alive, I moved out. I am missing him. It’s so horrible, so horrible. But, twelve weeks of missing him is better than a lifetime if he got Covid-19.

'The thought of being back together is so joyful. But there won’t be a vaccine or a cure then. I think I will be too scared to kiss him or hug him. I want to keep him wrapped up in a bubble for the rest of his life. One day he will venture out, and I will move home. But it’s not without risk.

'I love Psalm 4.8, ‘In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, Lord, make me dwell in safety.’ That keeps coming back to me. It’s God alone, that makes us dwell in safety. I have had so much comfort from knowing that God gives us safety. It will be a challenge to go back home and be as relaxed and at peace as now. Here, I’m keeping Matt safe. But at home, I will be a daily danger to him. Resting in that verse will help. It will be the only thing I will be able to cling to.'

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