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Better to try and fail?

February 19, 2015

Have you any addictions? Now there’s a personal question if ever I heard one. As my mother would say, “A policeman wouldn’t ask you that!”. Well I have no problem admitting to having one or two. Not of the heroin or crack cocaine variety you may be disappointed to note, something a lot tamer. Some … More Better to try and fail?

It’s in the genes.

February 17, 2015

I was fondly remembering my own life as a child earlier today, and to be honest it has made me think that my children need DNA testing. They may look a small bit like me, but then again if I look closer maybe not, and they seem to have some of my mannerisms, but that … More It’s in the genes.

A new beginning.

February 16, 2015

I’ve been blogging two years now and have enjoyed every post I’ve ever written. In the past few months I’ve realised the direction I wish to go, which is not to be a commercially successful blogger,(as if it ever was) but to write, and this weekend, Valentines Day to be precise, my first ever short … More A new beginning.

Can only a Mother, mother?

February 12, 2015

Why do I ask? I refer to the arguments currently doing the rounds against same sex marriage here in Ireland, one of which is that if a gay man marries and adopts, their child will be denied a mother. It has prompted me to ask can only a mother mother, or a father father? How … More Can only a Mother, mother?

If he could have written you…..

February 10, 2015

My father died nearly thirty years ago from Motor Neurone Disease. We were all robbed of our future with him. He was a wonderful father, a gentle soul and my Moms best friend. Today I remember my Dad as I write an imagined letter to a loved one, written within the mind of someone unable … More If he could have written you…..

Operation Transformation.

February 8, 2015

Those of you who read here regularly will know that tonight is the night. Operation Transformation! In a little over two hours I will be discarding my jeans and jumper and donning my finery for my husbands belated work Christmas party. If you have read my post ‘For one night only’ you will know I … More Operation Transformation.

My life on twitter

February 5, 2015

Do you tweet? Do you understand twitter? No? Well join the club. From what I see I am among the very few who tweet for my own entertainment. I do tweet my post as I publish it but I don’t retweet it at different times, nor do I schedule tweets, in fact if I’m being … More My life on twitter

Remembering Daniel on World Cancer Awareness Day.

February 4, 2015

Today is World Cancer Awareness day. It is a day where we can all take a moment to remember those we have lost and celebrate those who have fought and won. Within my own family I have a brother and sister who are alive and fighting fit having had cancer. I have three cousins who … More Remembering Daniel on World Cancer Awareness Day.

For one night only.

February 2, 2015

My husband got a new job last year, one he loves. Yahoo, you all say isn’t that just wonderful. I thought so too, until the night I met his fellow workmates. Don’t get me wrong they were all great company and to be honest I clicked with them instantly. We chatted at length until one … More For one night only.

Hang in there.

January 31, 2015

Mothers of young babies, toddlers and ‘kids who should know how to sleep but don’t’, are you tired? Is your life one long interrupted night? Have you forgotten what it feels like to sleep a full night? I sympathise with you. Babies and young children are wonderful, if only they came with some sort of … More Hang in there.