Congratulations, we made it! We’ve finally shaken off the 1,000 days of January. Whatever the meteorologists say, the pagan in me knows that Spring starts on the 1st of February, and I relish it every year. To celebrate it this year, myself and my pal Eimear decided to take ourselves off to Kildare, not to …
Last week saw me sitting in a few waiting rooms. I didn’t make any appointments – on both occasions I was summonsed. Wednesday morning found me recalled to BreastCheck after a routine mammogram. The letter I got came with a leaflet asking that I try not to worry. That one in twenty women will be …
I don't have a sister. Everything I watched on TV as a child told me that I was missing out. The Waltons, The Ingles, The Brady Bunch, (yes, I was quite the fan of cheesy TV families), all had the comfort of at least one sister who permanently had their back. Someone whom they could …
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Not that long ago, I was a new mother, sleep deprived, social life deprived and desperate for a night out. Being a long-time member of the orphan club, babysitters were in very short supply, or more honestly non-existent. One day in work a colleague and friend offered to come over and babysit while we went …
Ordinary Plenty 