It's surely a sign of the times. I mean could I ever, in my weirdest dreams, have imagined that the small fella's junior infant year would be ended via group video call? Last September, having dropped him to big school for his first day, I lamented my having not cuddled him on my lap while … Continue reading Nobody Wants To Cry At Work
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Owning Your Decisions
Some time ago a writer I follow on instagram posted about doing some work - even though, as she said herself, her baby was only a few weeks old and she felt it a tad early to be dipping a toe back into work stuff. She said she felt passionately about new mothers who work … Continue reading Owning Your Decisions
Dinner In Bed, Happy Days
I'll do almost anything to get out of the house lately. Not satisfied with having a double root canal recently - a welcome break from intense domesticity, truth be told - I'm fresh out of hospital following the zapping and extraction of a particularly pesky kidney stone. I was very glad to get the call … Continue reading Dinner In Bed, Happy Days
Phase 37 of 829
Well, safe to say the sun is helping. Today I think I may have moved into another phase. I don't believe it to be a completely new, or necessarily 'next' phase. It's just different. Phase 37 of 829, I'm guessing. If breaking an addiction takes 12 steps I can only imagine the number of steps … Continue reading Phase 37 of 829
Just Want Things To Go Back To Normal
It's Sunday today. Can you tell? Does it matter? The term on everyone's lips is 'groundhog day', and it's going to be groundhog day all next week and most likely many weeks for the foreseeable. It's like we've reverted to simpler times. In the late 1970s / early 1980s, my days were pretty much all … Continue reading Just Want Things To Go Back To Normal
Memes, Mother’s Day & (Blue) Murder
Where to start. I wrote recently about putting things off, like going to the dentist. I don't like going to the dentist. Who does, I suppose? I've had a handful of kidney stones and three babies on gas & air but it would appear my sensitive teeth are my achilles heel. Anyway. You all know … Continue reading Memes, Mother’s Day & (Blue) Murder
What Would Granny Do?
On this day last year we, like so many others, made our way to a St. Patrick's Day Parade. We headed into Ennis, late because that's life with three aged four and under, and raced to catch the tail-end of our County town's big production. We had the badges and wore the bits and bobs … Continue reading What Would Granny Do?
Roisín & Mary Lou for Super Bowl 2021
I love International Women's Day. It fills me with all the feels - pride, solidarity, hope. In the early days it was a weird, cringe-worthy and condescending nod to the weaker sex. A bit of gas really. "Sure, every day is women's day", some of the lads said, "When is man's day coming up?" many … Continue reading Roisín & Mary Lou for Super Bowl 2021
Our Lights Were Out By 11pm
I felt a strange feeling brewing on New Year's Eve - and it wasn't Christmas-over-indulgence-related. More foreboding. Heavy. I felt grinch-like, throwing the eyes up like Ebenezer Scrooge any time I got a message of good New Year cheer. Bah, humbug. Our lights were out by 11pm. I was wondering if middle-age cynicism, which I'm … Continue reading Our Lights Were Out By 11pm
Mind Your Marbles
So a few things happened recently. I've been feeling a little bit totally knackered. Like, floored. The kind of tired you can only be in the run up to Christmas I suppose. It's been one of my first questions to friends I've bumped into - 'I'm tired - are you tired?' And, given their answers, … Continue reading Mind Your Marbles
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