I always feel a little melancholy as Summer begins to come to an end. I get angsty as each GAA senior county championship match gets played and another tier is eradicated. We've only got the All-Ireland finals left now - a sure sign that Autumn has his feet well settled under the table. We've now … Continue reading Her Days May Be Numbered
So the boy has been starkers since approximately 6.30pm last night. He didn't fancy putting on his pyjamas, wasn't pushed when it came to getting dressed this morning and is now happily enjoying a post-lunch nap, au natural. In fairness, it's been business as usual with him. Meal-time eagerness was not effected. The usual (incessant) … Continue reading Time To Unfold
I'm not the world's biggest fan of going to the beach. I'm not a swimmer and even if I was, what body was created to tolerate the excruciating cold of any water that manages to defrost enough to lap against the Irish coastline? Sand is a curse, wind factor abominable and outlook for sunshine? Dismal. … Continue reading We Went To The Beach Today
I heard a letter being read aloud on the radio. It was from a listener, a stay-at-home father of two, who had recently been told by his wife that she wanted a marriage separation. Between the politely penned lines you could sense the terror this man is going through. He noted how he had given … Continue reading How Can You Legislate For Love Lost?
We took a trip... away to sunny Spain. We pressed the 'off' button. We wanted - correction, we needed - to reboot. It was that or crash and burn (or at least fall over and find it really hard to get up). There's something about knowing you're going on holiday to make it seem like … Continue reading Wish We Were There
Peppa Pig. If you have children in your life, you may already have formed feelings on this particular little piggy. My toddler loves her. Right now Peppa is up there - with Thomas, Ben & Holly and Kiva. My husband, not so much. Me? Officially I don't like my toddler watching too much television. I'd … Continue reading A Little Pink Never Hurt Anyone
Let's face it, it is ha-ard to get out the door with little ones. But most weekends, we do our best to do something that makes us feel like half-normal human beings. While the generation before of us sensibly viewed going anywhere with little ones as insanity, and duly stayed put, we're a different tribe. … Continue reading A Little Nourishment For The Soul
I quite like Valentine's. But maybe it's easy for me. I have a lovely husband willing to take me out for dinner - yes, public dinner on Valentine's night, when any self-respecting in-a-long-term-relationship person should be being all anti-Valentine's... What a sweetheart. It's important to have love in your life - but it doesn't have … Continue reading Spreading Some Self-Love Vibes
It came as a tiny, niggly thought at the back of my mind this morning. I couldn't quite put my finger on it. Nothing had changed and yet something was different... For a start, I was sitting eating my porridge at the table, alone, reading an article from the terrific blog, A Cup Of Jo. … Continue reading Starting To Look Outwards Again
Just this weekend I had the opportunity to listen to a radio interview with Rob Heffernan, the World Champion, Olympic-medal-winning Irish race walker, and his wife Marian, an accomplished 400m runner. Their life together kind of blew my mind; raising their family, living their lives - all around the obsession that is Rob's walking career. … Continue reading We Took A Walk On A December Day
