Listening to a song that my brother-in-law – the brother of Jason, my first husband – wrote, about how hard it was to live without his brother.
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I cry at everything – adverts, Gogglebox, hugging my kids. I love crying: it’s like your pain is laughing.
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He said it was guacamole. It was wasabi.
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View profile →The Man Comes Around by Johnny Cash, or the theme tune to Pointless.
Probably when Fulham beat Juventus 4-1 in the Europa League.
To my kids, for my shortcomings.
The capacity to genuinely enjoy going to the gym.
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