Vanity Fair Questionnaire.

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What is your idea of perfect happiness? Dancing with the one I love at my son's wedding

What is your greatest fear? My son being ill or harmed

What historical figure do you most identify with? There are many I admire, not sure if I completely identify with any

Which living person do you most admire? Ditto

What is the trait you most deplore in yourself? Toss up between my lack of trust and impatience

What trait do you most deplore in others? Cruelty

What is your greatest extravagance? I don't think I have one...but I hope to one day

On what occasion do you lie? When I am terrified or to spare another's feelings

What do you most dislike about your appearance? My dang hair

What is your favorite journey? Driving to the mountains in the fall

What do you consider the most overrated virtue? Piety

Which living person do you most despise? I don't think I despise anyone...but there are a few I dislike

Which words or phrases do you most overuse? Whatever

What is your greatest regret? Not going to school earlier

What or who is the greatest love of your life? My son

When and where were you happiest? To be announced

Which talent would you most like to have? I would like to be able to sing and/or play the cello

What is your current state of mind? Exhausted

If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? Sorry, that's classified

If you could change one thing about your family, what would it be? Would be nice if they were sane

If you were to die and come back as a person or thing, what would it be? Elephant or dolphin

If you could choose what or who to come back as, what would it be? Same answer

What do your consider your greatest achievement? Being a good mother

What is your most treasured possession? My son (well, he's not really a possession but there is nothing in my life that matters more)

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery? A broken heart

What is your most marked characteristic? Caring, compassion

What is the quality you most like in a man? Integrity

What is the quality you most admire in a woman? Same answer

What do you most value in your friends? Loyalty, kindness

Who are your favourite writers? The list is endless

Who is your favourite hero of fiction? Frances Nolan

Who are your heroes in real life? Some of my patients and fellow nurses

What are your favourite names? Sarah, Jonathan, Angelica, Peter...sure there are more, but my brain is stuttering

What is it that you most dislike? Cruelty towards children or animals, indifference, lack of empathy

How would you like to die? Quickly

What is your motto? Money can buy you many things to make your life easier, but it can never buy you anything that's worth living for.