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Second chance repost #3 BREAST CANCER LESSON NUMBER 31: WHAT YOU LOSE IN DIGNITY YOU GAIN IN CONFIDENCE

May 24, 2014

I lost my dignity somewhere between getting drawn on by a surgeon with a giant marker pen (in front of another surgeon and my parents) and having an unexpected internal scan at my first fertility appointment. That’s not to say that my amazing hospital doesn’t go to great lengths to protect it with their well-placed … More Second chance repost #3 BREAST CANCER LESSON NUMBER 31: WHAT YOU LOSE IN DIGNITY YOU GAIN IN CONFIDENCE

Look at my photo, and vote for me.

May 23, 2014

Today in Ireland we are voting on our local and European elections. I have just returned, voting done and I cannot but laugh at the whole process. We act like it is all so decocratic, but in reality, my reality anyway, I found it hilarious. Let me elaborate. For the past many weeks vans have … More Look at my photo, and vote for me.

Tonight if I could…

May 21, 2014

Tonight if I could I’d like to write a private post. A post to me, by me. A post where I could vent, worry, cry, moan and laugh. A post I would have written if I knew no one would read. Knowing others are reading, has in some ways removed the free flow of … More Tonight if I could…

photo credit: Peter Werkman (www.peterwerkman.nl) via photopin cc

Reunited, if only briefly.

May 20, 2014

Tonight as I stood washing a cup at the sink I could smell the fresh bunch of freesia in the vase on the window sill. They were given to me by my husband last week. As he bought them he explained to my youngest the connection between my Dad and I through freesia. He told … More Reunited, if only briefly.

Are you proud of what you do?

May 19, 2014

Imagine being independent, financially content, working at a job you are proud of, with people who are your friends. Then one day it’s over. You have no job, no money and little contact with your friends. Oh and you also have a newborn baby, who came without instructions and with no way of removing batteries. … More Are you proud of what you do?

Sometimes I cry.

May 18, 2014

Todays second chance repost comes from the blog of faithmummy. This is one blogger I follow whose writing is deserving of many many readers. It is impossible to read what she writes and not be moved and inspired by her. She was given two special children, but they too were given a very special mother. … More Sometimes I cry.

Celebrating all that you were.

May 15, 2014

The weather in Ireland at the moment is beautiful. It is warm, and sunny with clear blue skies. The countryside around where I live is beautiful in such weather, and even though I am living here a long time I never tire of looking at it. When I do it lifts my spirits and I … More Celebrating all that you were.

Maybe I went too far!

May 14, 2014

How do we keep our children safe? We advise them, we educate them, but one of the most common things we do ( not necessarily the most ethically correct) is terrify them. We do this is to scare them away from danger. Looking back I do think that on occasions I must admit I might … More Maybe I went too far!

Did you have a bad day?

May 13, 2014

Today was one of those days, when I and “Fed up” walked along together. I didn’t want her company but she wouldn’t leave. She came unannounced last night, and she woke me many times with her moaning. When morning came she was still sitting there, waiting beside me. I was tired and weary, Her … More Did you have a bad day?

Second chance repost #2

May 11, 2014

Have you an old post you would like to repost? In response to this post, asking if anyone would like to repost an old post I received a response from W.T.F. As today is Mothers Day in the United States, I thought I would post her post today. It is a Mothers Day post with a … More Second chance repost #2