Good morning Louise 🙏 🌄, wow wow wow, oh what lovely 😍 words beginning of a new day ,new beginning s old an d new combined ,you are a true inspiration 💖 I loved the letters this morning 🌄 xxx have a wonderful day
Thank you so much Paula...your support and words always mean so much to me. Hope we might meet again in Naas at the show...going to head for dinner afterwards somewhere..I'm still organising but more details soon. Hopefully you and Olivia and gang might make it along. Love to have you there x Ps thrilled you enjoyed the blend of old and new this morning and thank you so much xx
Well Louise it's 6.45am I'm sitting having my peaceful cuppa tea before the madness of the day starts.
I couldn't believe when I saw the topic today...Begin again....Niamh moved back home on Friday after 10 years living in London 🥰 herself and partner Ciaran are now fully moved in with us.....they start new jobs today. We had the conversation last night how we would all start our year on 1st February...healthy eating, excersice, gym etc etc......We all had a busy December especially the lads they were in New Zealand with us then packed up to move.
Louise when I was in the choir we sang a song "Beginning Today " by the Damens ...I just listened to it and it's so apt.
..(I didn't know how to send you link😅)
I did read your last subspace but still want to listen to it when I am able to sit or walk on my own to take it all in.
wow isn't that magic Val? Me and you are more often on the same train of thought than most...Love that and excited for ye all. Sounds like it's all go in your house...So lovely and a great way to start the year...and imagine ye singing that song..I'm going to look it up now. Thanks sooooo much Val for your time, effort and your wonderful words everytime I write a substack. I look forward to your thoughts always. Lots of love, Lou xxxxx
Yet again you nailed it Louise , your sub stack is full of enthusiasm and great expectations!! Putting things into perspective in your life for the new year ahead beginning on the 1st. February, St.Brigid’s Feast day gives me a bit more time also to reflect, plan and prepare for new beginnings. Keep looking up Louise and thank you for being the best you can be to all your sub stack / FB family and friends, me being one of them, love you lots 🦋🌈☘️🐞💚🙏
Thank you so much Dolores for always reading all my words. You are such an encouraging friend and support to me. I love to read your comments and you are indeed a very important part of the substack/fb family. I love our community and I love how tight we are as friends. How lucky I am to have ye all in my life xxx Keep looking up and thank you so so much xxxx
As someone who takes winter solstice until January 1 to live “outside of time,” I totally get and love this. It’s puzzling to me that the new year seems such an arbitrary day! It’s not the day after solstice; it’s not Imbolc. It’s just there. Anyway, here’s to making the start what you want and need, Lou!💖
Hi Louise, how are you today? Just finished reading and I am with you all the way on this one. I think I have been hibernating to a large extent at this time and this month, for a few years but I had not put a name to my activity (or should I say lack of activity!) It is even more pronounced this winter as it is the first one without Mam who is missed beyond words. I am surely looking forward to Feb. God willing it will bring brighter days. I wont go on too much more as I don't want to take up too much of your time but as usual thanks so much. That is my "therapy" for today! Lots of love and blessings for the week ahead. Martina
sending all my love to you always Martina..and thank you for taking the time to read/listen to my piece and for all the time you take to comments. The comments really keep me going, and keep me writing so there is never too many words here. I love reading them and they are so encouraging to me. loads of love to you always and you are always in my prayers night and morning M xxxxxx
Hi lou great words, as always. Good positive start to the day to get us all going not long left of dark long old January, please god February good start for us all god bless 🙏 keep looking up xx
Thank you so much for supporting me always Adeline and for your kind and encouraging words here.....They mean so much and yep only a little bit left in January to go xxx
I love that you start your new year in February!! I seem to have two new years haha- I have one in September where I set intentions for the year ahead- a bit like New Year’s resolutions I guess. And then I also have my new year at the start of February which is when my birthday is and I tend to do a little life review then of how it’s going. I really don’t enjoy January and I feel a tension about how we’ve been conditioned as a society to all start new things at the same time, the subconscious competition state! Thanks for the positivity 🥰🥰🥰🧡
Thanks so much Nessa for your lovely message and your lovely words. I love that you have two breaks in the year where you reset. It's a good plan all round and releases the pressure....a pressure just made up really....not a real pressure at all as you said yourself there...a conditioning .....Sending you all the good vibes for February and it's your birthday....wohooooooooo...what date is your Bday girl? hope you having a fab Monday and keep doing what you doing, you are doing amazing work xxxx
I’m definitely joining you in beginning the year on Feb 1. January always feels like a bit of a recovery period and a time to reflect and form ideas ever so slowly.
Also, this is the first I’ve heard of St. Brigid. Sounds like it’s about time she has an official day set aside for her! I’m going to read up on her. Thank you for the intro.
And I love the reason for your obsession with weather. How lovely that you feel all the seasons and the changes. It sounds magical. We here in Los Angeles are weather obsessed as well, but for the opposite reason. We’ve not truly experienced seasons and I think weather makes us nervous. 😂
Sending you love on this last week of the year! Xx
Thanks so much Jo for your beautiful words....Yep lets kickstart our year together on Feb 1st...St. Brigid would be so proud to have all ye magic women on board her special day. She's a good one is St. Brigid and some lovely traditions around her day as well. She is getting a whole bank holiday in her honour this year so this definitely is the magical year to join her...Onwards and upwards for St. Brigid.....one for the women haha :) And gosh yep I nearly wouldn't know what to do if the weather stayed the same for long here in Ireland haha! We are obsessed in ways.....but we are big into farming here so between thinking like a farmer haha and us Irish aways expecting rain, we never really stop talking about the weather ;) Chatter boxes that we are....I don't know how the Irish would cope if we didn't have the weather to talk about.....we might be very quiet then haha ;) Sending all the love in my heart to you Jo for this last run in January and thanks so much for being so supportive and encouraging here on my writings. Lots of love to you, Lou xx
Thanks so much Sue for always supporting me with my words and for all your encouragement. Yes lots to St. Brigid - she was a great woman and great she is getting a bank holiday weekend all in her honour this year....Lots of love to you always, Lou xx
Aw lou ✨️🥰🦋🌹thank you yes your words always lift me up , yes meand Olivia will look forward too see you in naas of course would love to join you gor dinner whichever arrangement s suits ,yes soo excited can't wait too see you, and listen to grand Nancy's legacy xx an angel 😇🥰take care love always lou xxx
Aw that is brilliant Paula...be thrilled if we can hang together afterwards and have a bite to eat too...be lovely to catch up and hopefully a few of us might be there xx PS thanks soooo much for believing in me so much. Love ye Trotman's so much. I was very lucky to find ye all x
Love to you, Lou. I am so with you on this, this year! Thanks for introducing me to it. January was a slow month where I got to extend my relaxing, tying up lose ends, spending quality time and resting to get my energy back. February I get to enjoy the rewards of all of that and jump in. Can't thank you enough xoxo
Thanks a mil L. Once you start this tradition you will never go back, I promise you that. January will never be the same month once you kick start your year on Feb 1st. It is without doubt one of the best moves i've ever made over the years... St. Brigid will be thrilled to have you on her team haha ;) us and the snowdrops and daffodils....oh and all the animals creeping back out to life...I love this time of the year....Let the new year begin :) Hosp 2023 & Feb 1st is a magic day for you. Love ya lots, Lou xx
I love serendipity! This post is the 4th time I’ve read or heard about starting the energetic year in February. It makes so much sense to me particularly as I now live in the northern hemisphere now and mid-winter just doesn’t feel the right time to launch myself into new things. I’ve also spent this December & January reflecting and setting intentions instead of limiting myself to the calendar year and I feel so much better for it. I’m easing myself in, matching the seasons more, listening to my body (not always understanding what it’s telling me!) , being kind to myself. I’ll be happy to join you in beginning again on Feb 1st! 💕✨
aw thanks so much for these words Lisa. You are indeed living the upside down life now in the northern hemisphere....Me and you are very similar...we were definitely meant to find each other on substack..Love your writing and the way you think...We will move towards February ready to rock and roll our way into 2023....hopefully along the path you would never know we might even meet. Thanks so much for your message and happy Feb 1st when it lands xx
Hello Lou, I'm from Millbury Massachusetts, a small town in the central part of this state of the USA, much like your town centrally located. What is synchronous is that the Catholic Church in Millbury is St. Bridgets. Being that she was a patron for poetry I will share the first lines of my new poem from my upcoming post "Sabotage." I'm writing about trying to avoid the stinking thinking that leads to self fulfilling prophecies.
Aww Douglas I am sooo sorry I am only getting back to you...such wonderful words always from you. You are a gifted writer and have a wonderful mind too...that is magic about St. Brigid and your piece of poetry is brilliant. You are a gifted writer. Thank you for reading my words and for being so supportive. Thanks so much x
Good morning Louise just read your subtract it is absolutely beautiful and a wonderful start to the weak. Always enjoy reading your letters and your words just come from your heart and the love you have for your family and friends. Have a wonderful week
It was my late brother birthday yesterday he ment the world to me miss him so much
Thanks a million Rose....you are always so good to support me in a million ways...aw god love you Rose...it's so hard without the ones we love, I know how much your brother meant to you....sending you a big home....Facebook family forever Rose xx
Good morning Louise 🙏 🌄, wow wow wow, oh what lovely 😍 words beginning of a new day ,new beginning s old an d new combined ,you are a true inspiration 💖 I loved the letters this morning 🌄 xxx have a wonderful day
Thank you so much Paula...your support and words always mean so much to me. Hope we might meet again in Naas at the show...going to head for dinner afterwards somewhere..I'm still organising but more details soon. Hopefully you and Olivia and gang might make it along. Love to have you there x Ps thrilled you enjoyed the blend of old and new this morning and thank you so much xx
Well Louise it's 6.45am I'm sitting having my peaceful cuppa tea before the madness of the day starts.
I couldn't believe when I saw the topic today...Begin again....Niamh moved back home on Friday after 10 years living in London 🥰 herself and partner Ciaran are now fully moved in with us.....they start new jobs today. We had the conversation last night how we would all start our year on 1st February...healthy eating, excersice, gym etc etc......We all had a busy December especially the lads they were in New Zealand with us then packed up to move.
Louise when I was in the choir we sang a song "Beginning Today " by the Damens ...I just listened to it and it's so apt.
..(I didn't know how to send you link😅)
I did read your last subspace but still want to listen to it when I am able to sit or walk on my own to take it all in.
Thanks Louise, you are just great.
Mind yourself, we will all help you through ❤
wow isn't that magic Val? Me and you are more often on the same train of thought than most...Love that and excited for ye all. Sounds like it's all go in your house...So lovely and a great way to start the year...and imagine ye singing that song..I'm going to look it up now. Thanks sooooo much Val for your time, effort and your wonderful words everytime I write a substack. I look forward to your thoughts always. Lots of love, Lou xxxxx
Yet again you nailed it Louise , your sub stack is full of enthusiasm and great expectations!! Putting things into perspective in your life for the new year ahead beginning on the 1st. February, St.Brigid’s Feast day gives me a bit more time also to reflect, plan and prepare for new beginnings. Keep looking up Louise and thank you for being the best you can be to all your sub stack / FB family and friends, me being one of them, love you lots 🦋🌈☘️🐞💚🙏
Thank you so much Dolores for always reading all my words. You are such an encouraging friend and support to me. I love to read your comments and you are indeed a very important part of the substack/fb family. I love our community and I love how tight we are as friends. How lucky I am to have ye all in my life xxx Keep looking up and thank you so so much xxxx
I loved this louise. So many nuggets in it. Really set me up for a good positive day of living in gratitude. Thank you xxx
Thanks so much Martha. Love you lots xx hope you have a super Monday x
As someone who takes winter solstice until January 1 to live “outside of time,” I totally get and love this. It’s puzzling to me that the new year seems such an arbitrary day! It’s not the day after solstice; it’s not Imbolc. It’s just there. Anyway, here’s to making the start what you want and need, Lou!💖
Thanks so much Skye 🥳💖 thank you for your lovely words & your encouraging message 💖😍💖 hope this week is great for you in everyway 💖
Hi Louise, how are you today? Just finished reading and I am with you all the way on this one. I think I have been hibernating to a large extent at this time and this month, for a few years but I had not put a name to my activity (or should I say lack of activity!) It is even more pronounced this winter as it is the first one without Mam who is missed beyond words. I am surely looking forward to Feb. God willing it will bring brighter days. I wont go on too much more as I don't want to take up too much of your time but as usual thanks so much. That is my "therapy" for today! Lots of love and blessings for the week ahead. Martina
sending all my love to you always Martina..and thank you for taking the time to read/listen to my piece and for all the time you take to comments. The comments really keep me going, and keep me writing so there is never too many words here. I love reading them and they are so encouraging to me. loads of love to you always and you are always in my prayers night and morning M xxxxxx
Hi lou great words, as always. Good positive start to the day to get us all going not long left of dark long old January, please god February good start for us all god bless 🙏 keep looking up xx
Thank you so much for supporting me always Adeline and for your kind and encouraging words here.....They mean so much and yep only a little bit left in January to go xxx
I love that you start your new year in February!! I seem to have two new years haha- I have one in September where I set intentions for the year ahead- a bit like New Year’s resolutions I guess. And then I also have my new year at the start of February which is when my birthday is and I tend to do a little life review then of how it’s going. I really don’t enjoy January and I feel a tension about how we’ve been conditioned as a society to all start new things at the same time, the subconscious competition state! Thanks for the positivity 🥰🥰🥰🧡
Thanks so much Nessa for your lovely message and your lovely words. I love that you have two breaks in the year where you reset. It's a good plan all round and releases the pressure....a pressure just made up really....not a real pressure at all as you said yourself there...a conditioning .....Sending you all the good vibes for February and it's your birthday....wohooooooooo...what date is your Bday girl? hope you having a fab Monday and keep doing what you doing, you are doing amazing work xxxx
Beautiful uplifting words, thank you Lou
Thanks sooooooo much Ev xxxx you are so good to me and I am so grateful to you always xxx
I’m definitely joining you in beginning the year on Feb 1. January always feels like a bit of a recovery period and a time to reflect and form ideas ever so slowly.
Also, this is the first I’ve heard of St. Brigid. Sounds like it’s about time she has an official day set aside for her! I’m going to read up on her. Thank you for the intro.
And I love the reason for your obsession with weather. How lovely that you feel all the seasons and the changes. It sounds magical. We here in Los Angeles are weather obsessed as well, but for the opposite reason. We’ve not truly experienced seasons and I think weather makes us nervous. 😂
Sending you love on this last week of the year! Xx
Thanks so much Jo for your beautiful words....Yep lets kickstart our year together on Feb 1st...St. Brigid would be so proud to have all ye magic women on board her special day. She's a good one is St. Brigid and some lovely traditions around her day as well. She is getting a whole bank holiday in her honour this year so this definitely is the magical year to join her...Onwards and upwards for St. Brigid.....one for the women haha :) And gosh yep I nearly wouldn't know what to do if the weather stayed the same for long here in Ireland haha! We are obsessed in ways.....but we are big into farming here so between thinking like a farmer haha and us Irish aways expecting rain, we never really stop talking about the weather ;) Chatter boxes that we are....I don't know how the Irish would cope if we didn't have the weather to talk about.....we might be very quiet then haha ;) Sending all the love in my heart to you Jo for this last run in January and thanks so much for being so supportive and encouraging here on my writings. Lots of love to you, Lou xx
super words and super hope for us all. Thanks Lou, look forward to hearing more about your St Brigid's celebrations xx
Thanks so much Sue for always supporting me with my words and for all your encouragement. Yes lots to St. Brigid - she was a great woman and great she is getting a bank holiday weekend all in her honour this year....Lots of love to you always, Lou xx
Aw lou ✨️🥰🦋🌹thank you yes your words always lift me up , yes meand Olivia will look forward too see you in naas of course would love to join you gor dinner whichever arrangement s suits ,yes soo excited can't wait too see you, and listen to grand Nancy's legacy xx an angel 😇🥰take care love always lou xxx
Aw that is brilliant Paula...be thrilled if we can hang together afterwards and have a bite to eat too...be lovely to catch up and hopefully a few of us might be there xx PS thanks soooo much for believing in me so much. Love ye Trotman's so much. I was very lucky to find ye all x
Love to you, Lou. I am so with you on this, this year! Thanks for introducing me to it. January was a slow month where I got to extend my relaxing, tying up lose ends, spending quality time and resting to get my energy back. February I get to enjoy the rewards of all of that and jump in. Can't thank you enough xoxo
Thanks a mil L. Once you start this tradition you will never go back, I promise you that. January will never be the same month once you kick start your year on Feb 1st. It is without doubt one of the best moves i've ever made over the years... St. Brigid will be thrilled to have you on her team haha ;) us and the snowdrops and daffodils....oh and all the animals creeping back out to life...I love this time of the year....Let the new year begin :) Hosp 2023 & Feb 1st is a magic day for you. Love ya lots, Lou xx
I love serendipity! This post is the 4th time I’ve read or heard about starting the energetic year in February. It makes so much sense to me particularly as I now live in the northern hemisphere now and mid-winter just doesn’t feel the right time to launch myself into new things. I’ve also spent this December & January reflecting and setting intentions instead of limiting myself to the calendar year and I feel so much better for it. I’m easing myself in, matching the seasons more, listening to my body (not always understanding what it’s telling me!) , being kind to myself. I’ll be happy to join you in beginning again on Feb 1st! 💕✨
aw thanks so much for these words Lisa. You are indeed living the upside down life now in the northern hemisphere....Me and you are very similar...we were definitely meant to find each other on substack..Love your writing and the way you think...We will move towards February ready to rock and roll our way into 2023....hopefully along the path you would never know we might even meet. Thanks so much for your message and happy Feb 1st when it lands xx
Hello Lou, I'm from Millbury Massachusetts, a small town in the central part of this state of the USA, much like your town centrally located. What is synchronous is that the Catholic Church in Millbury is St. Bridgets. Being that she was a patron for poetry I will share the first lines of my new poem from my upcoming post "Sabotage." I'm writing about trying to avoid the stinking thinking that leads to self fulfilling prophecies.
"Sabotaged by my nightmare of rejection,
I Identify when self criticism appears,
Instead of acting out from the false deduction,
I separate myself from the fears."
Aww Douglas I am sooo sorry I am only getting back to you...such wonderful words always from you. You are a gifted writer and have a wonderful mind too...that is magic about St. Brigid and your piece of poetry is brilliant. You are a gifted writer. Thank you for reading my words and for being so supportive. Thanks so much x
Good morning Louise just read your subtract it is absolutely beautiful and a wonderful start to the weak. Always enjoy reading your letters and your words just come from your heart and the love you have for your family and friends. Have a wonderful week
It was my late brother birthday yesterday he ment the world to me miss him so much
Your friend Rose 🌹
Facebook family we will support you all the way
Thanks a million Rose....you are always so good to support me in a million ways...aw god love you Rose...it's so hard without the ones we love, I know how much your brother meant to you....sending you a big home....Facebook family forever Rose xx