September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. It is almost exactly two years since young Daniel began secondary school. All dressed up in his new uniform, white crisp shirt and blazer, so different a look to his usual choice of tracksuit or football kit. He looked so very handsome, and yet still cheeky! Dan only got … More Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.
If you are born competitive, will you always want to win? I was prompted to ask myself this question after reading a fellow (Irish) bloggers post one day.It was the blog Raising Elves, and in a post she asked, ‘Does winning or losing effect who you are?”Does winning well in childhood make you a more … More Does a competitive nature ever die?
Today many of you will say a fond farewell to the baby you knew. Your little one will leave the safety of your arms and walk in the classroom door to a new world. No longer will you be the main influence on their lives. An unfamiliar phrase will soon become common, ‘Teacher says’. A new … More Sometimes it is hard being a Mom.
I have been a parent now for over twenty years. In that time I have become a very different mother to the anxious, overly protective, young Mom I was to my first baby. Tonight as I reflect on that journey I thought I might share the many fails and successes I have experienced along the … More A lifetime of mothering has taught me what?
What were you like when you were 20? What were your hopes and dreams? Was life good for you, and would you go back? Tonight I was challenged by Lorna who blogs at Irish farmerette to reflect on when I was 20, and from the moment I read the prompt I could not shake those … More Would you go back?
Today is the anniversary of the day I got married. We have defied the odds, and have managed to stay married, and even fond of each other, for over twenty years. I am allergic to writing a mushy post, and there are more than enough posts on this blog where I have laughed at yer … More To us.
When I see your clothes left on the stairs, hear you giving out about my lost keys, or I smell the wet towel discarded by you in the bathroom, I think….. ‘Feck you’. When I see you empty the dishwasher and then reload it your way, or watch you put the tiniest remnants of … More When I think of you..
I have been nominated for Best Blog Post in the Irish Blog awards for my post ‘What do you see when you’re looking at me?’. I am of course thrilled to be nominated and this post is one I am particularly happy with. For those who do not wish to press the link above, the post … More What do you see when you’re looking at me?
I was thinking today of my Dad. He left this world over twenty years ago, and even though our time together was short he has been a major influence on my life. He was kind, caring, thoughtful, and above all wise. If I were to think of one piece of advice he left me it … More What is the best advice you have ever been given?
I have begun a new category on the blog. It is the story of Daniel, or as he was better known on this blog, ‘The young warrior’. You can check it out in the category on my header ‘Daniels story’. Today as I went back over my posts on Daniel, I was amazed to read … More Daniel’s Story
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