8 min readApr 30, 2023
Everyone has a Covid story.
Mine begins in August 2019, but really dates back to 2004, when we left Australia for our overseas adventure. Working in another country was exciting! Two school children and one dog in tow, we set off, never imagining that we would be gone this long. Now, after life happening — jobs, kids growing up, and seventeen years, the idea of returning had percolated to a point that it was real. After assessing locations, we chose Brisbane. We had visited, and it had…