Fizzy like lemonade.
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Loving, creative, demanding.
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Very silly boy.
Optimistic, nurturing, enquiring.
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My daughters and granddaughters.
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Each time I gave birth.
Kind, thoughtful and gave damn good advice.
A Biba dress when I really couldn’t afford it. It was every scrap of my money and I’ve never parted with it.
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