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44 good things that happened this year

44 good things that happened this year

I turned 44 this morning, so here's a great big gratitude list

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Ariane Sherine
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‘Happy birthday to me, I’m no longer 43…’ Photo by Storiès on Unsplash.

In my novel Mad Cow and the Year of Happiness, the depressed main character is tasked with listing reasons to be happy about her life. She can barely think of five.

I’ve been depressed over the last few weeks. My beloved Nana died, and in the fallout, I decided my daughter should live…

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