I know you’re bursting to know how our romantic night away went, and more importantly did he make it back on time for his feckin important championship match? Well not wishing to upset you but after 25 years we may differ in how we define ‘romantic’. Secondly, kind and all as you are to have … More How was our night away?
Last Friday night… Himself: Darling I’m taking you away for our 25th anniversary. Next weekend you and I will use that hotel voucher we won. Me: Really? Wow I’d love that. It’s five stars! Himself: You deserve it Half an hour later… Himself: There’s no easy way to say this … I’ve championship on Saturday, … More The highs and lows of marriage
Remember last week when I thought I’d have to sell at least one of my children in order to pay €800 for a new tooth? Well I’ve good and bad news. The good news is I don’t have to sell one of them and the bad news is… I don’t get to sell one of … More The cost of a smile, an update.
There are days when I wake up and think, ‘that was a poxy sleep’, closely followed by, ‘it’s raining again’. Even though I’m generally a happy person there are times a plethora of negative thoughts swirl around me and I feel generally irritated and fed up. This morning was such a morning. The August bank … More Take a moment…
This day last week was special, and I missed it. I was on holidays, offline. It was the only time in ten days I felt compelled to write, so I wrote this on July 23rd using pen and paper. I know I’m posting it a week late, but Mum and Dad this one’s for you. … More Diamonds are forever.
Do you ever read my posts and wish you were as good a mother as I am? I knew it, so sit back and I’ll let you in on some of my secrets. My life as the perfect mother began the moment I held my first baby, a daughter, in my arms. I knew I’d … More My top tips to help you be the amazing mother I am.
Have you friends who were a huge part of your life until life separated you? I have a number of such friends who I have not seen in many years, but who I wonder about occasionally and they still make me smile, as I remember happy days of childhood in their company. One such a … More To you my friend.
I have heard it said you are what you eat, (usually by crazies on a diet trying to reassure themselves or convince others to join them) but personally I don’t believe a word of it. However on occasions, I do wonder why we are the way we are? Take myself for example, parts of my … More Why are you the way you are?
Some of you may remember the story of Lucy aged 9, who was diagnosed with cancer a year ago, and the fight her mother had to get her a medical card in order to pay for the added drugs necessary to keep her alive. At a time when Lucy was very sick and life so … More At last.
There is little in life so tragic as the loss of a child. For the parents it is a nightmare from which they can never wake up, for siblings it is an immeasurable loss, for the extended family a burden they too will always carry. Yet the ripples from the loss of a child are … More Today we remembered Ben.
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