Category Archives: gratitude

Slow Down Packs

Posted on March 4, 2021 by Mairead

So… the website Permission.Cards is live. I can tick that off the must do list and move it to the must improve list. I’m not great at focusing on one thing at a time so it might seem logical to … Continue reading →

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Permission Cards

Posted on February 3, 2021 by Mairead

We are not our thoughts. Some thoughts are part of a flawed belief system and it’s not always possible to spot them before obeying them. So in this case, I thought that being kind to myself was a bad thing. What if it wasn’t a bad thing? What if it was okay to be kind to myself. Maybe even for the whole day? It’s a big ask so I’m taking baby steps. Continue reading →

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New Normal Gifting

Posted on April 29, 2020 by Mairead

I could hear Eilish rustling papers in the larder and wanted to know what she was up to, she told me to stop being so curious. Next thing she arrives out with a brown paper parcel tied with yarn. It … Continue reading →

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The shredder is all mine…

Posted on April 10, 2020 by Mairead

The gardening continues. I’ve just realised this might be why my dabbling in the garden previously didn’t bear fruit (pun intended.) It’s a continuous game, gardening. Persistence is rewarded and popping in and out once a month is very much … Continue reading →

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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Posted on April 3, 2020 by Mairead

(This is clematis and it is going to look beautiful soon… possibly) New experiences continue here and we’re like children (nice children, not cranky children…) as we discover different ways to be in the world together. Denis has returned to … Continue reading →

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Breakfast at the Traditional Danish Longhouse

Posted on July 14, 2017 by Mairead

(Danish cow. Don’t worry, she’s behind an electric fence) We’re in Germany today, in a town called Friedrichstradt, having arrived from Denmark this morning. We’ve been rambling around a tiny portion of Jutland for the past four days. Not really long … Continue reading →

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What if life was just about being?

Posted on April 6, 2017 by Mairead

I often think about the messages life brings us… not necessarily the hard messages, the illnesses or the problems. But the small warm and gentle encouraging messages. Messages that in a normal day, we can miss. Continue reading →

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