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Swimming off the north Cornish coast eight years ago. I remember thinking, “Why did they teach you how to inflate your pyjamas in life-saving classes at school, when they could have just told you what to do in a riptide?”
As a young man I had a car accident on a foggy night that left the vehicle looking like a squashed box, even though, by some miracle, I walked away unscathed.
Ten years ago, I went to visit my dad in Australia. I walked to the edge of a cliff and looked over and tripped. I righted myself but my head was over the edge. No one saw it.
I was very ill with anorexia when I was a teenager. I went into hospital voluntarily, otherwise they were going to section me.
Is all happiness in the past? Well, the births of three children. And playing with children and grandchildren.
Maybe a skilful bronze face somewhere. Or a small but helpful scholarship for a drama student or singer to study singing.
I would very, very much like to say sorry to my mother, for all the times I told her I hadn’t got the time to talk.
To lose my fourth baby.
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