It is with dismay I must let you all know that I did not win an award for Best Personal Blog at the Irish Blog Awards! How did I take the news? Well the words ‘Feck’, ‘Ah feck it’, and ‘For fecks sake, lost again’ featured foremost in my mind. In fact I had to struggle … More Rejected!
It’s nearly here. The Irish Blog Awards are tomorrow night. Yikes! Is this what I signed up for when I began blogging? I think not. I am rarely happier than when I am sitting down behind my laptop writing. The freedom I feel as I release my thoughts onto a page is similar to free … More Coming out from hiding.
Have you ever left your country of birth to begin a new life abroad? Was it a journey of choice, or one of necessity? Can you imagine what it would be like if you had to leave your homeland at eighty four years of age? As a young twenty two year old I left Ireland … More Ireland will miss you too.
Do you remember when you first fell in love? Did you feel as if you were spinning, lightheaded and on top of the world? Did your love last? I was still a teenager when I met my now husband. A lifetime of water has passed under the bridge since then. We have lived through many … More Why are we still together?
This is more an update than a post. You might think I share a lot here on my blog, but I bet you didn’t know I’m off to a wedding tomorrow. Or that it is a plane ride away? Or that I am having a complete breakdown. It’s 11pm, I’ve just checked in, booked a … More You don’t know everything about me.
Who reads your blog? Do any members of your family read it? How do you feel about friends or neighbours following it? My blog is public. I know some members of my family read it, also friends and others I know. However, I imagine to myself that they rarely bother, and even if they do, … More The disadvantages of public blogging…. people you know can read it!
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!
Remember that miserable blogger who wrote the last post on this blog? Well that girl has left the building! Look at my shiny new button. Yes I am a finalist in the Irish Blog Awards, I have made it to the final ten in Best Personal Blog. When I read on facebook earlier today, that … More Good news!
There are times when I sit to write and the words just fly. They are typed before any conscious thought has taken place. In a way it is similar to free writing. Usually on those occasions there is hardly need to edit, and I am often surprised by what I’ve written. Then there are days … More Maybe I’ll post tomorrow.
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