article_snippet: I was in a bad place at the time.
article_snippet: I realised the only way I was going to make it through the other end of the tunnel was to do something selfless.
article_snippet: The thought of losing out on the chance to settle our differences made me sick to my bones.
article_snippet: Towards the end of the desert I began to lose my nerve.
article_snippet: I was famished, as there were virtually no supermarkets for food.
article_snippet: I started to get this foreboding feeling of regret, that it was all a waste.
article_snippet: I just about lost my marbles. '
article_snippet: But I had to tell myself my marbles was only temporary, that my suffering was trivial compared to what my mum was going through.