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Some Days are Diamonds …
(6 minute read) Seeing the world with new eyes can turn the worst of times into the best of times, says teacher and tired-out mum Marie McCoy.
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Triumph and tragedy at the registrar
(5 minute read) Martin Ketterer uses lockdown time to travel back into the lives of his German and Irish forebears, and discovers a world of colourful characters, drama and heroism.
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Downsizing: how to cope when the children leave home
(3 minute read) Mary McGinty explains how moving house once her children had grown up and departed made her shed tears of both sadness and joy.
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Middle-Eastern woman goes on frankfurter frenzy
(7 minute read) The challenges and pitfalls of starting a new family life in Germany give Glose plenty of reasons to laugh - and cry. (Part three of the series “A mum on the move”)
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The Marvel-lous world of the family
(7 minute read) Superheroes they may be, but they still need a loving home. Tom Willcox finds a discreet pro-family message in Marvel movies.
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A mum on the move: diary of a new life
Entry two: Glose discovers how publicly smothering your child in Sudocrem can win you and your family priority boarding on Lufthansa. Try it and see.
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A mum on the move: diary of a new life
What’s it like to pack your life up into cardboard boxes and move across the sea? A new diary, beginning today, by Glose Jeanjean charts the challenges of taking her family towards a new life in another land.
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A refugee’s Christmas
At Christmas, along with the merriment, it can help to focus on one very specific refugee family: that of Jesus, Mary and Joseph. Juliette Flach considers the modern day relevance of the Christmas story.
