Blog

As well as my personal blog here, you can also read my Twitterverse blog for HELLO! Magazine here.

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HAIL FAIRY QUEEN VANESSA

There’s a woman who came into my life two years ago, when my head was bursting with words and I didn’t know what to do with them. This woman turned my life around by pointing me in the right direction...

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HORMONE HELL!

Help! Somebody has robbed two of my little children and replaced them with hormonally charged, moody, mini adults! Remind me again; was it me who said I couldn’t wait for the children to get older? Did I say that I...

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FOR MY CHILDREN

Looking at my beautiful children’s faces today as they watched the parade, I was overcome with love and pride. How lucky am I to have four healthy, happy children. To mark the Irishness of the day and to bring a...

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LAID BACK LITERARY LADIES

Thanks Barbara for the lovely badge. http://barbarascully.blogspot.com/ Maria x

MY FANTASTIC FOUR

Could my life get any better? I’m lying in bed with a good book and my four little angels fussing around me as though I was centre of the universe. I’ve been so busy lately and sometimes feel guilty that...

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EQUALITY FOR MUMS!

You might want to log out of this now if you have an aversion to moans! Otherwise, read on. But I’m warning you, I need loads of sympathy – you know the type; ‘you poor thing’ or ‘God love you’...

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CRUNCH TIME

‘I think Daddy needs a crunch,’ shouted my youngest daughter, banging on the door of the bathroom. Can I never have a shower in peace? Honestly, I waited until my husband was home from work, got all four kids a...

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MONDAY BLUES

Oh how I hate Sunday nights. It’s a shame really. Sunday night is actually a nice night in itself, but it’s the anticipation of Monday that ruins it for me. Now the mornings aren’t too bad really. Once I untangle...

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SEALED WITH KISS

I’m beginning to think I have OCD. It all started this morning when I finally got my manuscript together to send to a publisher. It’s been two years in the making so I actually felt quite tearful when I put...

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THE TIME THIEF

Call the police.  Somebody has just stolen the last three hours and I’ve only just noticed!  Holy bananas!  Where does the time go?  I promised myself I’d be in bed at 10pm tonight and it’s almost 1am already! Anyway, enough...