I have read many blogs that try to describe, what it is to be Irish. They write about the way we speak English, and our bad sign posting, our culture, and our personalities. I enjoy reading them. However in reality here in Ireland, we are just being ourselves, and do not really think about our … More Are we Irish a dying breed?
For as long as I can remember I have been a fighter. I fought with my brothers and sisters, I fought with my parents,teachers and friends. I hated rules and conformity, I did not wish to follow a leader. When I was a teenager life was hard for me, and my family never knew. What … More I am okay.
I wonder if anyone else has done this? I have dedicated a special song, to each of my four children. A different song for each one of them. This is the story of my eldest daughter, and how I chose her song. Many years ago, before I had my first child, before my husband appeared … More “I hope you have the feet of a dancer”. A wish for my daughter before she even existed.
Daily Prompt. You’re asked to nominate someone for TIME’s Person of the Year. Who would it be, and why? If only this award were real. If only it were truly possible to nominate this person. We could look you in the eye, and say “Thank You”. The person I am nominating is American, young and … More A life saver, one in a billion. Times person of the year award.
I hope you all take some time out to read this magnificent piece. It was written by a very talented young girl of twenty, about leaving Tucson. Just over two years later she died from cancer. The writing in this is extraordinary, but it is all the more poignant reading it when we know Elizabeth … More Bird’s Nest
There is a saying “look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves”, I think the same is true in parenting. As parents we worry about the big things, our childrens education, relationships, friends, achievements. However if I look back on my own childhood, with the benefit of hindsight, it is the little … More The pennies and pounds of parenting.
I was at a wedding yesterday, two young people, deciding to make their match official. They have already been together many years, sharing a house and home. There is something about being at a wedding, which makes you think. As I sat there watching them, holding each others hands, and sharing looks and smiles, I … More Til death us do part.
I am hoping I have put the men off! I wanted to admit something, and I’d rather my gentlemen followers, (or male followers who are not gentlemen), would not find out. As many of you know I am married a long time. So tonight I thought I’d share with you ladies, my number one secret, … More Women only post!
Take you marks, Go! It is amazing to note, how differently those words effect different children. Today I was at a swim competition, one of the coaches to over thirty swimmers, most aged between eight and eleven. Many competing for the first time. For some the whole day was magic. Their eyes were shining, their … More You learn so much about your child when you watch them compete.
News flash! Summer arrived in Ireland today. The sun shone and it was warm. No clouds and more amazingly no rain. It brought back memories, of the one day of Summer, we all remember from last year. The only real Summers day we had! So I headed out to the garden, to attend to the … More An afternoon spent with lost friends.
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