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All things pie

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Standing in the gap today is Nancy Hicks of The Pink Underbelly blog, who has chosen to write a post for me all about pie, complete with mouth-watering pics. Every Sunday morning we… Continue reading

Ciseach

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Thanks to Katie for reminding me to turn to the writings of the Celtic poet and philosopher, John O’ Donohue; in particular his last work before his untimely death, Benedictus: A Book of Blessings, has… Continue reading

A circle of friends

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“Then, a circle of your friends, will defend the silver lining” ~John Mayer As we have all read about Marie and this difficult time with her mother being so ill, we bloggesses sat… Continue reading

Standing in the Gap

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  The only thing helping me cope right now, giving me the strength I need to keep going through all of this, is being able to turn to this blog, to write a… Continue reading

An unrequited love

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It’s been a while, but I still remember those heady first days and weeks of falling in love, when the first thought in the morning, the last thought at night and all during… Continue reading

Grief is exhausting

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Grief is just so exhausting.  Someone described it as living in two worlds at the same time. As soon as I return from the hospital after my morning visit to see my mother, I… Continue reading

In gratitude…

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My deepest gratitude to you all for your support at this sad time. I have come back time and again to read your comments and gained strength and comfort from your words. Many… Continue reading

On the other side…

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Today my family met with my mother’s consultant at the hospital to hear the results of her scans and what treatment he was proposing. I had steeled myself for the possibility of a… Continue reading

Far from home…

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As you know I travelled to Malta last week to attend the 10th Europa Donna Pan European Conference. Valetta, where we are staying, is a beautiful city with stunning architecture and I had… Continue reading

Narative Nipple

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Narrative Nipple is a new online literary community which was launched last week by Catherine Brunelle (who you may recognise from her weekly round up appearances as Bumpyboobs). In today’s guest post, Catherine tell us what led… Continue reading