It’s hard to pick one time. I feel like I’m quite a happy person. My ninth birthday was epic, though.
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Playing football in the school playground at lunchtime.
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When I was about eight, by a river waiting for my dad to finish fishing, eating a Mars bar, drinking a can of Coke and listening to Beat It by Michael Jackson on my Walkman. I remember feeling I couldn’t be happier.
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I am a bit of a Pollyanna – I spend most of my day happy.
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Is all happiness in the past? Well, the births of three children. And playing with children and grandchildren.
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