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Anxiety. Have I finished this? Will I make the deadline? Could I have done that better? Are the children OK? Is the husband OK? Is the dog OK? Did I leave the oven on?
Wondering if I've turned the gas off.
A bee in my bonnet – whether that’s a song in my head or a person I’m thinking about.
Perimenopausal anxiety, the terrible feeling of impending doom, something awful happening to my children, writing deadlines. Apart from that, I’m quite chilled.
When my son was born. Actually, probably a month after, when I got over the enormous responsibility of being a mum.
Never making it into a Sondheim musical.
Better hearing.
A saint. Then a ballerina.
I would have gone to my singing lessons at Guildhall.
A longed-for, familiar shore at sunset.
Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Joely Richardson, Daniel Mays, Elaine Paige, Donny Osmond, David Hasselhoff
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