Preparing for her first day off parenting in 18 months, Natalie Halliday recalls feeling incredibly excited – and a little stressed – while she cleaned the house to get ready for a friend coming to look after her young children.
As she bathed William, then 18 months, and Eva, five months, and folded laundry in 2019, the experienced nurse couldn’t wait to be out for brunch with husband Cliff, a longawaited day to themselves.
Instead, just minutes later,
