I am truly touched by the messages of support from the above posts and I and my family thank you for them.
It took away a for a while, a horrible sensation I would not wish on anyone namely to be made redundant. It took away the panic attacks, wondering how to get out of the financial dilemma we are in and the feeling of guilt of not taking up other offers while Gill was in admin.
Monday is another day and hopefully will start getting some responses to my applications. Although the signs are not good.