story sharing
I've been writing for most of my life, my stories have ranged from fictional to autobiographical, from pieces about two slightly evil gnomes called Oisin and Neill, who reside under the stairs in a secondary school and repeatedly fail at their monthly plans of world domination; to personal pieces about life, loss, laughter and love.
Below are a few links to such pieces....just click the picture to be taken to the story.
(excluding the stories about the two gnomes....theirs is a story that needs to be told in a book format rather than on a website....)
Big Sister and Little Sister
My older sister has Downs Syndrome. This is just a brief look into what life has looked like as her little sister.
Incurable but managable...
My eldest brother was diagnosed with a terminal blood cancer...but it's a (hopefully) long term type of terminal... -type of
Neighbours...
Written after the loss of a neighbour who was like a Mammy to me when I was a toddler....
A Golden Week
2003 saw Babs get a golden medal for herself and Team Ireland during the Special Olympics World Games, held in Dublin.
A knee by any other name...
By the age of 31, I had managed to have my kneecap replaced twice. Here's a wee piece about life at that time.
