Denny (yes the bacon makers) have got me thinking. They’ve come up with a new campaign called ‘Home is’. You think up what home means to you and tell them by uploading a video, a picture or sending them a text. I’ve been thinking what it is that makes Home feel different to every other [...]
Home is…
October 8, 2009
Concert Capers
January 12, 2009
It was the Winter of 2004, Mum and I had organised to go and see Dionne Warwick together in concert. I was living in Dublin at the time and Mum was in Galway, living with my sister. It’s one of those lovely memories where Mum came up for the weekend, we went out for dinner together [...]
A Quick Cuppa
January 8, 2009
As I mentioned previously being the youngest brought with it many benefits, but it also entails a significant workload. I was the teas-maid for the family as soon as I was past the kettle-scalding age. The first couple of tea trays were prepared with over-enthusiasm which soon enough morphed into nonchalance. Mum never liked to [...]
Christmas!
December 20, 2008
After Mum died a lot of people said to me ‘Christmas will be hard.’ There is a kind of expectation that things won’t be the same after someone has died, whereas in fact I felt like the spirit of Christmas encapsulated everything that Mum was about. Christmas for me is about family, giving, doing nothing and [...]
Lie down beside me
December 10, 2008
I remember when Mum was sick, coming in from an early morning walk with my Auntie and going upstairs to see Mum in bed. Mum was just getting ready to get up and face the day. I remember going in and just lying down beside her in bed and having an early morning chat. It was [...]
