A room of one’s own
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Throw away regret
And start something new.
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Don’t underestimate
How capable you or your children are when changes come. When I am going over all the things racing round my head, I am always filled with anxiety and trepidation. The questions are ‘will they manage all of this?’ or ‘will I be able to survive?’ It hit me yesterday that I was looking at…
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Home is
Closer than you think. I have been facing two challenges about home recently. My son is going away to study medicine in Aberdeen next month and we are in the process of moving house. We were in IKEA earlier today getting some of the essentials for him. Thinking about bedding and cutlery does not say…
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Rest and be thankful
A couple of years ago, we raced past a stone bench with the above title carved onto it but it is still, years later, stopping me in my tracks. Some say it was put there in the early 1900s, others date it to 1880. Whatever its story, the message is timeless. The second instruction is…
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There may be a decline
But don’t forget to celebrate the wins!
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Welcome new beginnings.
I often write about my dislike of change, but maybe we need to see change as a chance to embrace a fresh start, to welcome new beginnings. Two days ago I had the precious chance to hold my year old nephew. That was when I started to be thankful for change, the chance to start…
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A story to tell
There is no person on this earth who does not have their own story. Some don’t have the power to speak for themselves, many don’t think their experience is worth talking about, few believe that they have anything that deserves to be noticed.
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Free to
Do the things that you thought were impossible. Last week I was on Marble Hill beach in Donegal for the first time in years. I shook off the memory of walking easily along the shore and tried to be thankful that I was there again, by a different way. What I had not thought of…
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Changing seasons
The weather in Donegal is so changeable. Heavy showers give way to sunny spells followed by more rain. As I watched the heavy rain give way to strong sunshine, I remembered that sometimes dark struggles pass and good things are waiting for you after them. It is hard sitting in the middle of hardship, and…
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A hard-earned rest
After over four hours of playing a grueling tennis match in Wimbledon yesterday, the winner, Cameron Norrie, lay down on the court, clearly spent. There are busy, challenging times in all of our lives and times when we need to take a break.
Ruth Writes 