This day twenty one years ago I left home the mother of one. Many hours later my son was delivered. Today he is many miles from home hopefully celebrating his birthday. As I sit here alone and remember so many wonderful moments I feel a tinge of sadness. So many memories, so many parts of … More ‘It’s a boy’. Happy Birthday.
Today I saw a photograph I cannot unsee. The photo of a small lifeless boy, three years old, lying face down on the shore of a beach, the waves lapping over his head. He, his brother aged five and his mother drowned when their boat overturned as they made a desperate bid for freedom from … More If you only read one thing online today…
September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. Three years ago I was enjoying a carefree life with my friends, unaware that for one of them life was about to change forever. Her son Daniel, was 12 and just beginning his new life in secondary school. An amazingly talented sports fanatic, full of divilment and fun, a … More Fight like a child.
Isn’t parenting a succession of endings and beginnings? As we leave one part of their childhood behind something new begins, weaning, walking, potty training etc. This morning the children in my locality return to school. Between eight thirty and nine the pavement will be filled with older children greeting friends they’ve not seen for two … More Endings and Beginnings.
Are your children going back to school soon? Do you ever forget, even for a moment? Or am I the only one counting down the weeks, days, or even at times hours, until the official day I get my house back? Please tell me I’m not alone. Today I woke up to yet another million … More Am I the only one?
As children we imagine it, as teenagers we think it’s over rated, as new mothers we wonder at our own mothers, until one day we look back and we know exactly what it took to be a mother. This day twenty four years ago my first born child arrived in the world and I became … More What is it really like to be a mother?
Every day is twenty four hours long, but how many hours of every day do we really live? Today is my Dad’s birthday and I wanted to write a post reflecting on the Dad I miss even after twenty eight years. Then I remembered a post, which I’d written almost two years ago. This post … More This is what my father gave me.
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…
If you lived in Ireland you would understand why for the first time in years I legged it to the airport ten days ago, leaving skid marks behind me in search of sunshine. It’s been a Summer in name only here, with cold weather, grey skies and rain on a daily basis. Thankfully the holiday … More Is it Summer yet?
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.
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