If you met me today you would, as always, be greeted by a smile and a loud and cheery “Hi how are ye?”. I would appear to be in great form and we would chat about this and that and enjoy a good laugh. But as you walk away, my smile would disappear and if … More Maybe look a little closer?
Imagine how much of every day we hope. We hope the weather will be good, the traffic will be light, our children will grow up happy, someone will love us. Every day we fill our lives with hope. What happens when hope is taken away? I can clearly remember writing a post shortly after Daniel … More We all need hope.
One of my biggest regrets in life is that my dad died before I made a life for myself. He wasn’t there to give me away ( a job brilliantly done by my younger brother), nor did he meet any of my four children. I would love for them to have known him in person, … More What if?
We all have days which don’t exactly go to plan. Sometimes they begin to go wrong very shortly after our alarms go off, or for those of you with young children, long before our alarms go off. During the day we look at the clock, as the hours pass painfully slowly, and we wonder how … More What sort of day had you today?
I live in a christian country surrounded, in the majority, by friends who have great faith, a faith which has carried them through on the darkest of days. I live with a man who enjoys his catholic religion, and who cannot imagine a life without it, who possibly believes that deep down I actually believe … More I don’t believe in God, so what do I believe?
Last night it hit me like a train, my youngest is about to become a teenager. As I look at her I am struck by how much she has changed in the past year. She has grown taller than myself, and now shares the clothes belonging to her older sisters. She enjoys being alone in … More There is more to being a mother than rearing babies.
Today is World Cancer Awareness day. It is a day where we can all take a moment to remember those we have lost and celebrate those who have fought and won. Within my own family I have a brother and sister who are alive and fighting fit having had cancer. I have three cousins who … More Remembering Daniel on World Cancer Awareness Day.
Better by far you should forget and smile Than that you should remember and be sad (Christina Rossetti) Yes there are days and moments where everyone smiles, but there are no days when anyone forgets. Today is Daniels fifteenth birthday. I thought it only right to remember him here today, as many of you shared … More Wherever you are
It’s the new year and we should be all fired up, filled with fresh enthusiasm. It is a time of new beginnings and fresh starts. Yet here I am struggling to write. This is no writers bloc, nor is it burn out. It is once again the failure of my fingers to co operate. Most … More Where am I?
I’m sure some of you have contenders, but I think it will be difficult to beat the one I received last year. It was given to me by a friend of mine after a very difficult year. The year had begun with young Daniel coming home from hospital just before Christmas. He had been diagnosed … More The most thoughtful Christmas present I have ever received.
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