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Vanity.
The Guardian, Interview, The Guardian, 28 December 2019 source ↗
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How would you describe yourself in three words?Originally asked
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I am very impatient, impulsive, proactive and often act in haste.
Prepared, focused, a bit silly.
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Vanity.
I have a great quality of life, there is nothing that I want for.
In the first month of my second daughter Nell’s life. My first daughter, Ella-Jayne, was born with a serious heart defect so I didn’t get to just be a mum, I was a carer for the eight months of her life and lived in a hospital. When Nell was born, having a healthy child and being able to be a mum was incredible.
I sit on the sofa and eat kids’ sweets – shrimps and fizzy cola bottles.
It feels like home.
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