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When Your Business Collapses and the World Keeps Spinning In 2020, while the world slowed down, my life sped up in the worst way. My childcare business — two day nurseries I had poured my heart and life into — had to close. My wonderful staff were furloughed. Parents were staying home, kitchens were being deep-cleaned, banana bread was rising in ovens all over the country — and I was still working. I was driving in alone. Checking on empty buildings. Chasing insurance claims.

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