The question
What would you most want to leave your children?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Good self-esteem.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 October 2023 source ↗
A sense of what’s right, a few quid and some nice paintings.
Good values and a lot of money.
I’ve got no kids, but I’d like us to leave a planet for everyone’s children.
Shortly after my terminal diagnosis, I knew that one of my biggest priorities was to create memories for my children. Chloe and Logan are both so young that it's likely they'll have no direct memories of me. Dylan is the oldest, and at 5 (turns 6 in December), his memories are likely to be fuzzy. Hence the engineering question: What would make for the sharpest, most visceral memory, esp. for a kid who loves animals? Answer: go for a Dolphin Swim!
My younger self, because I was very, very tough on myself.
At my mother’s funeral last year.
Warm, intelligent, accommodating.
Ironically, it’s talking to hundreds of people in a room.
About five years ago, I was in a play that was an unmitigated disaster. I had to rally the troops and go out every night.
As a decent human being.
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