The question
What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy?Originally asked
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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I try to be happy whenever I can. I don’t fret about what’s past and we don’t know if there will be a future, so I make as much as I can out of what’s here now.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 August 2018 source ↗
It happens all the time, but childhood holidays on the North Norfolk coast were a kind of bliss.
The early days of motherhood. We lived in a sweet little bungalow in LA that had a pool. We threw lots of parties. We had a cute dog and a mad Siamese. Trump had never been president, we’d never heard of coronavirus, Claire’s Accessories was still going strong. Good times.
My childhood summers in Trenton, Ohio, and starting work at Warner Bros.
When I met my husband, David, in 2006, on Dating Direct.
Lasting this long.
As the world’s oldest living teenager.
Rebecca Ferguson, Jonnie Peacock, Henry Winkler, John Malkovich, Alan Johnson, Chris Froome
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