How did I get here?

How did I get here? I’m standing in the forecourt of Liffey Valley Nissan showrooms with car keys in my hand for a car they doesn’t belong to me. I’m looking at the keys in bewilderment, turning them over and over, feeling them getting hot in my palm. What am I doing here I wonder? Half an...

Silver Linings?

Silver linings? When I badly hurt my back two days after Sara’s wedding, I struggled to think how this particular cloud could have a silver lining. In Spain with my kids, my usual physiotherapist obviously not available, the fear of the terrible pain that I know can come after this kind of injury, all...