When were you happiest?

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Recorded Harry Enfield said elsewhere, not written here
An eight-hour walk along the north Cornwall coast with my eldest children - aged eight and 10. Whoever has eight hours of solid conversation with their children? I loved every minute.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 March 2009 source ↗

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Gloria Estefan Cuban-American singer and songwriter
1 March 1991, when I got back on the stage almost a year after a road accident in our tour bus. I felt like I had climbed Mount Everest. That was euphoric.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 June 2019 source ↗
T Bone Burnett Musician and record producer
My happiest moment was being in the room when my daughter was born, and seeing her draw her first breath and turn from what looked like gray clay into the deepest, most vibrant, most psychedelic crimson. It was an unforgettable, unimaginable explosion of energy and potential—of promise and pure love.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, January 2014 source ↗
Olivia Williams British actress
People are often traumatised by the sleeplessness in the first years of their children’s lives, but I was insanely happy to be married and have two children. The only dark cloud was how much we were loathed for having babies who slept through the night.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 April 2022 source ↗

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