Photo was taken yesterday at Green Glens, Millstreet, Co.Cork (Irl)

With lovely sunshine again yesterday, Green Glens was looking its best in Millstreet. Mary Buckley on ‘Carpe Diem’ made the butterfly jump look very easy, during an action packed ‘Welcome Show’ which runs up to Sunday.

Thought on Friday – April – 05/04/2013

‘Many years ago a wise elderly sister said to me, “Remember, every person you meet is mourning some loss”. The longer I live, the more on target I find her words.’ We humans mourn all kinds of losses, the loss of our loved ones, a particular job, a special friendship, our youth, good health, financial security, a dear pet or just the way things used to be.’ ~Melanie Svoboda


We are good at putting on masks. We often let on that everything is going good. Behind every person’s face is a story and sometimes these stories are built on pain, brokenness and loss. Life is so complex and fragile that we cannot avoid brokenness and loss. We simply may not appreciate the extent of the difficulties that others are going through right now. At the heart of the message of Easter is how God holds all of us in whatever we go through, including loss. God doesn’t hold just one or two, but everyone without exception.