In the months my husband and I were apart, the world changed completely | Helen Sullivan

We didn't know the pandemic would separate us for five months. People in love never give up,' a man at his hotel said to me

In March, when I left Beirut, where my husband Felix and I were living, for a new job in Sydney, I knew we would be apart for a little while. It wasn't a huge deal - if the worst came to the worst, one of us could just jump on a plane.

But 10 days after I arrived in Australia, Lebanon closed its only airport. Ten days after that, Australia introduced a mandatory fortnight of hotel quarantine for all overseas arrivals.