The question
What disappointment has stayed with you longest?Originally asked
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Not joining the circus.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 July 2026 source ↗
I’m a classic remoaner.
The years I lost trying to fix my second marriage.
Not photographing Marilyn Monroe.
That things didn’t get better.
Last week, when I decided to rewrite the children’s book I’ve been working on.
My parents died within four days of each other. I was engulfed as I ran from one bedside to another.
Safety or alarm, I can never decide which.
For the words to fly from my fingers as just occasionally they do.
Sorry is such an underrated word – I use it liberally.
An inability to see the other side.
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