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As well as my personal blog here, you can also read my Twitterverse blog for HELLO! Magazine here.
LOOK OUT MOM – HERE I COME!
Well it’s been a while since I’ve posted anything here. It’s just so hard to keep up with everything, isn’t it? I’m really busy at the moment, both in my personal life and in my writing one, but that’s a...
A Pint And A Haircut – True Irish Stories for Haiti
If you follow me on Twitter, I may have filled your time-line lately with much squeeing and happy dancing. One of the reasons for this is that I’m having a short story published in a book called A Pint And...
DIDDLE ME RIDDLE
It’s a cold and rainy day here in Dublin so I thought I’d post something that hopefully will make you smile. I write a lot of children’s poetry but the ones my children especially love, are the ones that tie...
The Big Book of Hope Launch
Hope helps us to control our fears. In times of sickness, poverty or mourning, she’ll give us courage and a sense of direction. Although we may sometimes feel we’ve lost her, she’ll always be there, quietly waiting to take our...
WHERE HAS MY LITTLE GIRL GONE?
Well it’s back to school time again. Can you believe it? Did somebody take August and hide it or was it actually here? In June, summer is spread out before us in all it’s glistening glory but in the blink...
FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK
Friday was a very special day. Two of my very best friends got married to each other and proudly, it was all because I waved my magic wand (well actually there were lots of texts and phone-calls involved but indulge...
SUNSHINE ON A RAINY DAY!
I woke at six o’clock on Saturday morning to the sound of drums. Who could possibly be drumming at this time of the morning, I wondered? Have they no consideration for those of us who actually want to sleep? When...
STOP THE BUS, I WANT A WEE WEE!
Today my six year old son went on his first school tour. Now having four children, you’d think I’d be fed up with all the palaver surrounding such events. Not so! In fact I practically led the Mammy Brigade in...
MY PURPLE SON
Yesterday Miriam O’Callaghan tweeted that she was going to buy purple paint for her purple obsessed child. It reminded me of something funny that happened four years ago involving my then two year old and some purple paint. We’re constantly...
NOT SO LITTLE ANY MORE!
When I last checked, my eldest daughter was a child – a little girl who loved to dress up in princess dresses, play with barbies and and watch Angelina Ballarina on the tv. She wouldn’t leave the house until her...
MOANS OF A MISERABLE MAMMY!
Today is not a good day. I’m feeling fed up, upset and more than a little overwhelmed with my lot. Now the worst thing about that is that I’m also feeling incredibly guilty about the fact that I’m fed up,...
THIRTY-FIVE (AGAIN!)
“Happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me, happy birthday…” How sad am I to be singing my own birthday song? Ah well, I can’t complain. I’ve had a wonderful day, all thanks to my four little angels and my...