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?
If you are born competitive, will you always want to win? I was prompted to ask myself this question after reading a fellow (Irish) bloggers post one day.It was the blog Raising Elves, and in a post she asked, ‘Does winning or losing effect who you are?”Does winning well in childhood make you a more … More Does a competitive nature ever die?
Today many of you will say a fond farewell to the baby you knew. Your little one will leave the safety of your arms and walk in the classroom door to a new world. No longer will you be the main influence on their lives. An unfamiliar phrase will soon become common, ‘Teacher says’. A new … More Sometimes it is hard being a Mom.
What are you thinking? I am sure many women have asked this question and sat patiently waiting for the answer, and many men have heard it and thought, ‘Oh no, not again!’. It would appear that both sexes in general like to communicate in different ways, and this can lead to all manner of difficulties. … More Talk to me.
Today is a good day! Take a look to your right and you will see my shiny new badge. I have been shortlisted for the Irish Blog awards in the Best Personal Blog category. It says ‘short’list but actually it’s still quite a long list if you ask me. Late last night as I was … More Thank you my blogging friends.
I have been a parent now for over twenty years. In that time I have become a very different mother to the anxious, overly protective, young Mom I was to my first baby. Tonight as I reflect on that journey I thought I might share the many fails and successes I have experienced along the … More A lifetime of mothering has taught me what?
When I see the ice bucket challenge videos on line I sigh. For when I read #icebucket, I read MND. I read Dad. I read dying slowly. I read loss. This is my reality. This is what the Ice bucket challenge means to me. It was almost thirty years ago when my Dad first noticed … More What is the point of the ice bucket challenge?
What were you like when you were 20? What were your hopes and dreams? Was life good for you, and would you go back? Tonight I was challenged by Lorna who blogs at Irish farmerette to reflect on when I was 20, and from the moment I read the prompt I could not shake those … More Would you go back?
You have been gone now for over half my life, and yet there is rarely a day goes by without me thinking of you. Sometimes it is to remember something you said, or to imagine what you would think of a situation. Sometimes it is to remember days gone by, when as a child you … More Remembering you.
Today is the anniversary of the day I got married. We have defied the odds, and have managed to stay married, and even fond of each other, for over twenty years. I am allergic to writing a mushy post, and there are more than enough posts on this blog where I have laughed at yer … More To us.
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