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.