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What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy?

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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

Asked in 52 of the 131 consecutive instalments of The Guardian's The Q&A harvested on 2026-08-29.

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Eve Ensler American playwright, performer, feminist, and activist
In my 60s. So many things that tortured me when I was younger have fallen away. Writing The Apology, the letter I wrote in my father’s voice, apologising for abusing me, has freed me from the last vestiges of anger, confusion, rancour and hate. It released me from a frame that had determined my life.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 June 2019 source ↗
Mary J Blige American singer and actress
When I was little kid, before I knew what worrying was about.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 April 2010 source ↗
Jesse Jackson American minister, activist and politician
In college, meeting my wife and then having our first child, and marching together to bring down the walls of Jim Crow.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 April 2012 source ↗

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