CASSIA:
Richmond Park is a park in London that’s probably the closest you could get to like real nature, I would say, in the city. And they have deer there, like stags. And in Scotland, we have deer as well. And the stag, I have a tattoo of a stag, but it’s always been a big symbol of hope. Throughout my journey, I’ve had crossovers with deer, so when I went back to Scotland, when I first tried to get sober, I saw a deer in the Highlands, a white deer. It’s amazing. Then I have this picture from lockdown. Me and Mum were on a walk where I’d had a really, really bad day before. I think I’d probably relapsed or something, just something had happened, and I didn’t feel good. So I went for a walk in Richmond Park and this young deer, I’ll find the picture for you, but this young deer just came right over to me and put her nose on my hand, like walked over and put her nose on my hand. And I think it was then that I thought, okay, that’s got to be some sort of sign. But also, this is so, so beautiful, and this is free, and I’m doing this, and I think I want to do this like every single day, if I can.