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Relaxing with family and friends.
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What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy?Originally asked
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About half an hour ago, watching through the window as my dad and two-year-old daughter walked to the paper shop together.
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At the end of each day when I sit with my son and he's tired and I get to cuddle him. Otherwise, it's impossible. Ninjas and dragon hunters don't sit still that often.
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Making Bremner, Bird And Fortune: fulfilled at work, happy at home with two young children.
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I don’t tend to rank happy times.
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