I’ve been making myself sad by reading a few ‘letters’ by people with MS, published by the MS Society. Read them here I have to share my letter. It is sad but the best thing is, there is NO FULL STOP. Nothing ends with defeat. I believe that so strongly. There is a verse in…

There’s a pool in Donegal that has been there for at least three years. (I’m told the storms have filled it in again now). I think the first year I tried to get down the steep hill but couldn’t make it across the sand to it. Since then, I’ve become increasingly unable to get there

Something must be going right. If you feel like you’re overwhelmed, look around for good things.

If you think back over the last few encounters you have had, you will have come across people who have had their fair share of hardship. Actually, everyone has.

I’m always writing about things that get fixed or telling you how to get through them. But what if they are still broken and you’re left with a situation you cannot philosophise your way out of?

Every time you think it.

We have three little pots of succulents that have been languishing in our front room for a few years now. My husband finally noticed them, soaked them in water overnight and declared them alive, (even though one of them still looks dubious.)

I was at a park earlier and as I took in the autumn colours, the calming sound of the river, I somehow knew that this was important. Later on I put my driving licence in an envelope with a letter confirming I was no longer able to drive. At that moment, I thought about the…

As the sun reappeared from behind another dark cloud, I was reminded that hard times don’t last forever. I have lost count of the number of people going through darkness at the moment. The world is filled with war, starvation, floods, earthquakes, political corruption, injustice, abuse, exploitation and abandonment of the weakest. Now, more than…

Do things sometimes happen for a welcome reason?