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.
An understanding that kindness is the answer.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 March 2024 source ↗
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!
A strong sense of being loved and a hopefulness for their life ahead.
A bushel of self-confidence.
Compassion, resourcefulness and resilience form a rounded good person. So that’s what I’d like to leave my children and grandchildren.
I am in a public profession, so take your pick. It’s all embarrassing.
Your heart walking around outside your body.
About five years ago, a half-tonne tree branch fell and missed me by three feet.
Anyone who speaks truth to power at the risk of their own safety.
Bicycle courier: it was literally dicing with death on a minute-to-minute basis for 12 hours a day. It was terrifying and exhausting.
Not a child, which was short-sighted of me.
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