‘The kitchen was a furnace’
Keira Barrett, 36, works in a children’s care home and lives in East Sussex with husband Wayne, 35, and children Cayden, 13, Miley, 11, and Eden, 19 months.
Shivering in my pyjamas, I looked back at my house in horror. The most magical day of the year was disappearing, along with my home, in clouds of black smoke.
I’d always loved Christmas, and becoming a mum only made it more wonderful. In September 2020, my partner Wayne, who I’d met through friends the previous year, and I discovered I was pregnant. As I hung tinsel around our house in early December, I was so excited. But four days before Christmas, I tested positive for COVID-19, which meant the kids would have to stay at their…
