Merging with nature or merging with people.
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What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy?Originally asked
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At college: missing lectures to rehearse plays and go daytime drinking. Oh, and the baby’s birth.
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Now. During the period of Covid, I have had the opportunity to rethink and I’ve got a new gift of cherishing now.
The first time I remember being truly happy was with my children on Ainsdale beach, not far from Southport. I spent £15 on butties, and we spent the whole day by the sea.
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On holiday in the south of France.
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