Do you shy away from grief? Would you cross the road rather than comfort someone who has lost a loved one? Do you wonder what to say? Does seeing someone mourn make you uncomfortable? I do agree that it is very hard to watch someone hurting. Since young Daniel died I have seen up close … More You do make a difference.
Don’t panic I’ve not lost my high paid job (as I don’t have one). No I am referring to my life as a mother. Tonight another door on motherhood closed to me forever. I was sitting down, minding my own business, happily watching nothing in particular on TV, and feeling all was quite good in … More I’ve been made redundant!
What song best says who you are? Not the song which you think others would associate with you, but the song which, to your mind, best describes you. The one you yourself most identify with. Yesterday I was flicking through facebook, and I came across a post asking this question. I have no idea where … More This is my song
‘ Today I was driving home, with some shopping in the car, when without conscious thought I found myself driving in the opposite direction. The sun, which had been rare all morning, was shining, and the village looked at it’s best. I knew where I was going. I needed to call up to Daniel. … More When a heart grieves, time moves to a different beat.
Imagine being a child in today’s world, compared with the childhood you had. As a child I shared a bedroom with three others. We had one bathroom. My Mom made a lot of our clothes, and we owned school shoes, casual shoes, and runners. We had no playroom, and a limited stock of toys. For … More Why are you not happy?
Congratulations to me. Today I became a successful mother. How? Well today two of my four children did what nature intended them to do. They left home. Why do I consider myself a successful mother? Well because these two little feckers darlings, skipped out the door and back to college, without a backward glance! Perhaps … More Today I know what a successful mother feels like.
Do you remember when you had your first child? Were you like me? Did you see death and danger everywhere? As my baby would sit happily gooing and gaaing at me I would watch in horror as her soother fell out onto the floor. Dear Jesus the germs! I’d rush to pick it up, knowing … More If you had your time again, what sort of mother would you be?
As I prepare sandwiches daily, for my daughters school lunch, that are often not eaten. I say, ‘Thank you’. As my daughter rushes to check her swim bag, moments before swimming, to discover I took out and dried her wet togs yesterday. I say ‘Thank you’. When my daughter wrinkles up her nose at her … More Mom, I have something to tell you.
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.
The top 400 schools in Ireland were printed today. Tonight I am wondering what exactly makes a school a ‘top’ school? Is it really, as these tables tell us, a school with the largest percentage going to University? Since their inception I have been uncomfortable with the idea of printing these ‘top’ schools. My reasons … More Where does your school rank?
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