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The Hero’s Journey

March 28, 2021March 29, 2021 / iamlauriem / Leave a comment

There's a thing called Covid Fatigue. Or maybe it's Lockdown Fatigue? I'm not quite sure anymore, what with the constant fug surrounding my brain caused by aforementioned fatigue. This all made sense this week when I heard several politicians refer to the pandemic being 'a marathon, not a sprint', which really stung, given I've been … Continue reading The Hero’s Journey

Is This Not Ambition Enough?

March 7, 2021March 7, 2021 / iamlauriem / 1 Comment

I've been thinking a lot about ambition lately. It's been ruminating around in my head as I've tried to work out where my ambition currently resides and how it once shaped my life. If I correctly understand the modern idea of ambition, it is to start school, age five, with a view to getting a … Continue reading Is This Not Ambition Enough?

Don’t Forget To Cope

March 4, 2021March 4, 2021 / iamlauriem / Leave a comment

Context is everything. I love a good laugh. The genuine, in your belly, can't breathe, can't stop laughing episodes. Few and far between at this point in time, you might assume, what with all the fun having been sucked out of our lives. But if you're like me, where you tend to get the giggles … Continue reading Don’t Forget To Cope

Slowly Turning Into A Dog

February 12, 2021February 12, 2021 / iamlauriem / Leave a comment

It appears to me that I am becoming more dog-like by the day. The comparisons are shocking. For example... In one year I have aged by approximately seven years. (I catch glimpses of my greying roots and haggard face in the mirror and it makes me want to howl) The absolute highlight of my day … Continue reading Slowly Turning Into A Dog

You Learn Empathy From Seeing It In Action

January 22, 2021February 8, 2021 / iamlauriem / Leave a comment

I read recently that the number one skill today's child will need for the future is empathy. In my time, it was a second language. Yesterday, Alan mentioned that he'd started to encounter more and more articles concerned with working from bed - what to wear, how to exercise, what accessories one might need. It … Continue reading You Learn Empathy From Seeing It In Action

It’s Not About You

January 1, 2021January 1, 2021 / iamlauriem / Leave a comment

Where to start at the end of the weirdest year that was? It's been many things but intense is the word that sums up my own personal 2020. So intense that I, personally, took to crying in carparks and rambling around the Burren rock a lot. Because that sense of intensity had very few outlets … Continue reading It’s Not About You

Other Kinds of Beauty – Like November

November 30, 2020November 30, 2020 / iamlauriem / 1 Comment

If you allow it, the lure of November is irresistable. Everything naturally quietens down and runs to earth. The darkness closes in and everything gets pared back. If you think the Burren looks luner in mid Summer, you should see it now. Further exposed, with the ash and hazel and hawthorn laid bare and the … Continue reading Other Kinds of Beauty – Like November

I’m Looking For The Rainbow

October 26, 2020October 27, 2020 / iamlauriem / Leave a comment

Lads! (Writer hushes and looks over her shoulder to make sure we have indeed made it). We’ve made it to mid-term. And though we are still in the middle of a colossal storm of utter crap, you or an adult near you may be that bit saner for having had the children back at school … Continue reading I’m Looking For The Rainbow

My Personal Marathon

October 18, 2020January 28, 2021 / iamlauriem / 6 Comments

I'd been meaning to write a piece for some time to mark four years of this little blog of mine. I'm not sure why I'd been feeling a commemoration would be required this year above any other. But if I ever needed a sign, I got one this morning at the playground where I met … Continue reading My Personal Marathon

Connection Means That We Feel It All

October 12, 2020 / iamlauriem / 6 Comments

Have you ever had an existential crisis at the hairdressers? I'll be honest - I have one at least every two years. 2020 has been all about the little things. Little kindnesses, as my mother-in-law said the other day, that can turn your day around. Or even your week. Socially distanced chats at school pick-up, … Continue reading Connection Means That We Feel It All

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