Pick Me Up!

LOCKDOWN MAKEOVER

Sitting in the garden, soaking up the sun, I cracked open another can of beer.

I took a sip of the cold, fizzy booze and planned the family BBQ we’d be tucking into later.

It was March 2020, and I had just stopped working amid the global pandemic.

At first, I enjoyed pottering about in the garden leisurely.

It meant that I was spending more time with my wife Zara, 35, and children, Brandon, 17, Summa, 13, Learna, 12, and Talia, six.

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