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A great education.
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A strong sense of being loved and a hopefulness for their life ahead.
I’d like them to inherit my optimism.
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I suspect it hasn’t happened yet.
That there is time. I doggedly prioritise and pursue tasks, and the day seems to open out and everything does get done. Chill.
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They tend to say it behind my back.
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