Screaming is Not Going to Help July 1, 2023 By Nicola Moriarty In Musings, Poetry, Sadness 0 Comment Screaming is not going to help, Nicola You know that you’re getting a reputation? Sit up, stop crying You’re... Read More
Sometimes June 10, 2021 By Nicola Moriarty In Sadness 1 Comment ‘Sometimes, we are not winning.’ I kind of wanted to shake her. You’re a vet. A medical professional, you don’t... Read More
Grief May 13, 2020 By Nicola Moriarty In Sadness 0 Comment I don’t think grief comes in waves. I think it comes in bursts. Ferocious and explosive. It hits you at... Read More
Fighting Chance August 31, 2019 By Nicola Moriarty In Musings, Sadness 6 Comments You know how sometimes an old injury can play up? Maybe a bad knee. Or an achy shoulder. And it’s... Read More
The Second Truth March 26, 2019 By Nicola Moriarty In Musings, Sadness 4 Comments There are two truths. There is this one: A mango banana smoothie. A mild blue-sky day with a gentle... Read More
Honesty March 21, 2018 By Nicola Moriarty In Sadness 2 Comments There’s a mouse somewhere in our house. We can hear it scratching and scurrying in the roof late at night... Read More
Back down the rabbit hole June 6, 2014 By Nicola Moriarty In Sadness 2 Comments So you’ve started thinking about crashing your car again. Only when you’re on your own. Never with the kids in... Read More
A Letter to A Suicidal Teen November 12, 2013 By Nicola Moriarty In Letters, Sadness 0 Comment Dear Unhappy Teenager, I know you. I know that you think I don’t know you – I mean how could... Read More
What’s Wrong With Me… Nothing. Absolutely nothing. January 17, 2013 By Nicola Moriarty In Happiness, Musings, Sadness 4 Comments Over a year ago now, when I was booked in to see my psychologist for my first appointment, just after... Read More
Descending Again… October 9, 2012 By Nicola Moriarty In Sadness 0 Comment I don’t particularly love reducing my feelings to numbers on a page. I don’t like being asked how often I’ve... Read More
