Patrick Michael Barrett
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Sings, Writes . One needs a passion for souls . TenSpeedRacer, Hedge Schools, Arrivalists.Proud to work for the Depaul Homeless Charity.
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Since March I've minded these 2 . Since March I've kept them fed , warm , alive . Since March I've had Cancer surgery, & come through the far side. Since March I've socialised with 5 People. What we are being asked to do is remarkably simple . It begins & ends with respect.
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10th Nov 1926 to May 4th, 2023 . He took his time travelling on, but overnight, peacefully , he gave in. The brothers are waiting on the pitch , his sisters on the sidelines & Mam with the fire on . Our thanks to the palliative team for the last few weeks. RIP pops. x x .
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Greed is a choice . It's that simple. Mam & Dad gave us values as kids ,a lifelong mantra. " If I don't already have it , I probably don't need it."We sold the family home over the weekend. At the start of the process,we engaged a local estate agent & as a family insisted 1/3
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I miss his worldly wisdom. At the time, I didn't know it was that . I miss the sound of his walking cane ,his hat on the hook in the kitchen, his 4am fire alarm porridge making . First birthday without him , he would have been 97 today . Hope the sun still shines on you Dad . x .
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95 , off to his nephews wedding . Hot towel shave for him last night , suit & boot him this morning. Having his cheese & hang sambo & a cuppa before the off ,because ,as he says himself " Like cattle, we won't be fed till the evening " . He's more of a social life than me .
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Please don't ever tell me that Pat Ingoldsby isn't one of this nations greatest treasures .
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2001 , 4am in the morning , Beaumont hospital , after a Brain aneurysm , Dr Ciaran Bolger operated on me . Saved my life that man . Fact .
#tommytiernanshow
❤.
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6 months gone today . He loved a pint with his dinner , just the 1 . When you'd put a nice steak or a piece of salmon in front of him , his go to phrase " Sure you wouldn't get that in the Shelbourne "
I don't think he ever stepped over the door of the Shelbourne, but hey 💔.
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Ah , Paul Auster x
" When a person is lucky enough to live inside a story, to live inside an imaginary world, the pains of this world disappear. For as long as the story goes on, reality no longer exists." (The Brooklyn Follies)
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He still licks his fingertip to turn the pages of the Newspaper . Hasn't seen his only surviving brother since last March, planning an overnight trip today . He's been up since 8am , tesco bag with the Pyjamas and the tablets in it. All set . We are the threads of them .
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A young family gets to start a life in a place we called home for all our childhood. They'll have Christmases, birthdays , comings , goings , weddings, funerals , the whole tapestry. Mam made it a lighthouse, for us that never went out . For this family, we wish the same .💙
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After Mam died in 2022 we went about tidying up her finances. A lifelong squirrel with money , always hiding the small bits she had away, never one to leave a bill unpaid. She had €700 in credit with Greyhound waste , €600 in credit with electricity providers,
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We, invested in a family . They've bought a humble little house , no bells or whistles ,but solid. The thought of it going to an investor, who it might be added , the estate agent knew from previous interactions,would have made Mam sick . Bags full of memories, we move on . x .
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Pat Ingoldsby is 82 tomorrow . Everyone who knows me knows my love for the man's work . He's still with us .We should celebrate him in a thread . Those who've met him ,read his work, & crossed his path must be in the thousands . Share your thoughts & we'll make sure he gets it .
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Tonight, today , we as a family let go of the family home , 4 walls that kept us safe as kids , & 4 walls around which I looked after Mam & Dad for the past few years. Builders build houses , families make homes. I cried tonight, you'll think it won't matter ,but it does ..
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1954 Dad dropped his eldest brother to the boat going to England . He turned to my Dad as he left and said , " I won't be back, Mick , and don't come looking for me."
About 15 years ago, we discovered his brother died & was buried in a paupers grave outside Manchester.
Between 1951-61, 500,000 people emigrated from Ireland to Britain.
'A multitude of Irish men went to a place called Camden Town'
Great short film here:
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Advocate, advocate, advocate, and talk to each other . x .
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Two Americans after getting off the train with me in Kilbarrack " Is this Killiney " ?
My advice was swift , consise .
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I call this one , Happiest Man in Ireland •
❤💚
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He'd go into town once a year , always the day before Christmas Eve, have his lunch in Wynns Hotel on Abbey Street, and then buy himself a hat in Clerys, then round to the Pro Cathedral to light a candle. It was a simple routine. We never questioned it . First 🎄 without him.
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After engaging with the estate agent I found the 3rd & highest bid was an investor,cash ready to go .This is where choice enters the equation ,squeeze the family out for a few extra grand ,maybe force a higher bid from them that they can't afford .Choice was simple. Ethics win .
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After a little battle since Christmas Eve, Mama Bear Barrett stepped on this morning. The most beautiful girl in the World . We were beside her yesterday & this morning and our heartfelt blessings and love as a family to the Team in Beaumont. We can weep but call it singing •
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The Midnight at The Olympia gigs .. you’d have to be of a certain vintage to remember .
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Capel Street 1797 •
James Malton (1761-1803) ©️
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That shift on Planxty's Raggle taggle into Tabhair dom do Lamh , it's just wizardry. Someone met the divil at a crossroads and sold thier soul to create it .
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Spent 14 years working as a Music Buyer here . The greatest of people , life friends. So many memories. I remember one Christmas amid the 3 days left to Christmas mayhem , Twink rocked up to the top of an 80 people deep queue and left a shopping list on the counter ...⬇️
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Work in Dublin 1,live in Dublin 1 ,tonight a table is booked in our favourite Dublin 1 restaurant.
They don't get to win , never will .I'm only glad my Da isn't alive to have seen that last night .It would have tore him asunder. We are Dublin 💙 ,all of us . Hate does not win.
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that the house be sold to a family , not to an investor, a family . 2 open viewing later we had offers , both from local families. Close of play Friday, we had accepted an offer from one & another " Party " entered the equation . The other party , a higher bid yet again, 2/3
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I'm thinking about Dad today looking at the ' Community Activists ' in Coolock . The carry-on of them . He dedicated 30 years of his life to community work that included everyone . Chairman of the Kilbarrack residents association all his life they collaboratively worked
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Sending him over today . He'd been 96 planning this ,weaving through people's lives . The stories from people last night in the funeral home, a life lived . He'd left instructions 10 years ago about how today should be ,even down to what was to be in sandwiches. Laughter, stories
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They absolutely killed it last night in St Annes . Inch perfect setlist , joyous banter, Jarvis was just mesmering , had the whole gathering under his spell . The James Bondesque entrance, the velvet suit , the tunes , the wit . Long live Pulp . Long live Pulp indeed . ❤️ .
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" I'll be back in half an hour for these things, duckie." Half an hour later, she arrived back, and her list was still on the counter . Slid it across to her. " There ya go, duckie." Great days .
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Sitting in the local , quiet pint . Watching two women getting an area of the pub ready for a 60th party . Balloons, Paper plates , Crisps, sweets . It's strikingly beautiful to watch the simple efforts people make for people . A concentrated goodness . Them's my thoughts. ✨️
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Biggest job interview of my adult life tomorrow. Shortlisted for a job that took 3 days to write an application for .One more final push through. 💪 . Grateful, hopeful . ❤️ .
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waste , who, when I spoke to her on the phone to clear Mam's account, get back the credit , she wanted to know all about this gorgeous woman who had all the monies tidied away , she was famous in the accounts office as the woman with 7 years worth of bins paid ,
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An ardent community activist with one always on the vulnerable, a proud North county Dublin man , loved his GAA , the greyhounds, and the horses .
" Heads up Ma, he's on the way up "
Ring a ring a Rosie, as the light declines .
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Luas tannoy " St Stephen's Green, alight here for the Grafton Shopping district " can it not be " Alight here for St Stephen's Green , The National Gallery, The Natural History Museum, The Iveagh Gardens " . Shift the dynamic towards the Culture of the City .
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Hearts are sore but filled with those we have around us & those who visited him once we knew the curtains were drawing in . I'd come home to mind him & Mam in 2020 , to advocate for them , to navigate the systems. Both gone now ,& hand on heart I've done all I could. We all have
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96, we're in another little battle at the moment to keep him with us . I think his brothers are calling him home , they might be a player short for a 5 a side . Send the vibrations. The pop's , our Da . The
@DubFireBrigade
people are magnificent , absolute professionals . x
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I'm Marrying my best friend on Friday. I've had some dark days the last 2 years . She has never wavered.
Can not wait .
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Somebody tell Peter Jackson not to bother editing that Beatles footage , we’ll take every hour of the 56 you have .
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Mountains of stories ,memories, laughter, setbacks ,joy . We knew the outcome, but wanted it to be as easy as it could be .Find your people's way home ,leave nothing unsaid, talk about the bad stuff, the uncomfortable feelings , do it all,most of all tell them you loved them ✨️
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now few and far between, doing magical magnificent work with stretched resources. You need to advocate, advocate, advocate. Don't give up .
I miss the 2 of them dearly but not for one minute do I regret stepping off the hamster wheel of life for 2 years to mind them ,
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Quite the year we've had . The roughest waves ,but I've been grounded by her ,saved by her,minded by her. I asked her last night would she sail some more journeys with me . She said Yes . When you're home ,you're home ,that's as much as we know and hang onto ✨️ , together. ✨️
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The early morning sounds of slow shuffling feet across floorboards , walking sticks hitting the floor for first steps into a day that's getting smaller and smaller. I've the kettle on, shredded wheat crumpled up , toast ready to brown. Someday none of the above will happen . ❤
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@Evie_Nevin
Considering how fast they build shops , they'd solve the housing crisis in a year .
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Best day of our lives. Myself & Louise followed all the day long by my dearest pal
@ruthlessimagery
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themselves, or have found themselves staring down the barrel of this situation. My 2 nuggets of advice if I can offer , (1) mind your heart and your head within the equation , it's vital, for you and for them (2) never stop advocating for them because the system is set up ,
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caring , minding , but most importantly, navigating them through appointment after appointment within a system that without help and someone advocating for them , that generation would drown . They both found it so overwhelming. Increasingly recently, a lot of my friends find
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voice for them , and that's the thing , have the conversations with each other . My parents' lives were relevant, and your parents' lives are relevant . I was taught kindness as a kid , but I was also taught fairness .
And I will never forget the loveliest woman in Greyhound
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Dad has a carer comes into him , physical therapy , 3 visits a week . Alvin is his name, he is this beautiful 6 foot unit of a man from Botswana. He has the most caring tone & beautiful manner to him . Shout out to Alvin . One of the many unheard of , unheralded , heroes . 🇧🇼 .
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Vaccinated. 🙏 It came crumbling down, last 2 years . Blubbering like a child . Wasn't expecting the emotions . Grateful for people who've dragged me through the last 2 years x , for Science. Currently experiencing no side effects apart from the ability to see into the future .
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not to allow and just give you the answers , you have to beat down doors to get things done , to engage with the proper agencies . Community care is on the floor in this country, farmed out to private agencies, local health authorities nurses , once the absolute norm,
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A humble joy to announce I will be working for DePaul Ireland in a role of relief & on call Co-ordinator for thier vital Homeless & at risk of Homelessness services across the City .A huge challenge, one which I will relish, uphold thier values & endeavour to make a difference .
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Lovely to see this as part of the
@DublinCanvas
campaign, artwork & video by
@UrniqueSteve
. A national treasure, Pat Ingoldsby, painted around the corner from his home in Clontarf.
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They married in 1966 ,& it's their wedding anniversary today . They met at a tea dance in Clerys after he had been stood up by a teacher from Mayo .Mam used to always say that Mayo woman dodged a bullet.Gave everything they could most importantly,human values .Both missed ❤️.
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When someone comes up to you after a gig, and tells you that what you played was the most beautiful consise songwriting he's heard in a long time, and that someone is Donal Lunny . It's been a good day . X ❤. Jaysus . I've still tears in my eyes .
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Happy birthday, Pat Ingoldsby, writer of words that save . His ©️ . Any of the books ,dip in to laugh to think, to remember . Places ,faces you watched it all change with the turn of seasons , & captured it at street level for anyone curious & interested enough to find it . 💙 .
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He's 80 today . Hard to explain what his work means to me. I took this pic one glorious afternoon when I went to Nolans in Clontarf looking for one of his books , and who should I meet on the way out of the shop with his book in hand ,only himself pushing his shopping trolley
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Tommy Cooper -
I saw an ad in a shop window that said “Television for Sale – £1- Volume Stuck On Full”. I thought: “I can’t turn that down”.
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Beaumont A&E . Been here all day with Mama Bear . Now would be a really good time to send some vibes , I'll take all that's coming and I'll smuggle them into her . x .
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Beautful energy around Clontarf earlier , people out walking the day . Imagine the mental health of this nations people with a 4 day working week . the breaths we'd take .
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You've never known pressure until you've been behind the counter of a HMV shop, Christmas week, the queue is 65 people deep, and Twink comes to the counter with a shopping list .
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Whoever runs this account is an absolute wizard . 👌
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and all because she was not of the digital age , Dad was the same . They paid with paper money and wanted receipts. In their eyes, the transaction only happened if it actually physically happened . Anyone who knows me well enough here , knows I spent the last 2 years with them,
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Long time coming this . Delighted to announce it , September 8th in
@smockalley
. With anything like this , putting cash on the line to make it happen ,no machine behind it , me . The Written Pages resonated, so glad it did . Limited capacity, click ⬇️
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Brendan Gleeson & Colin Farrell, what a duo ,but I thought Barry Keoghan was superb every time he was on the screen in Banshees of Inisherin. Reminiscent of John Hurt's performance of the Bird O'Donnell in The Field . A serious talent the kid .
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I'm 54 today , another spin of the wheel of years .
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Today is his birthday. The face of kindness. A man who insisted that homeless people formed part of the crew on every movie he made .The sharpest, most soulful human ,a teacher, a deep thinker . I love him .
" You're only given a little spark of madness, you mustn't lose it "
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For the last few years that I cared for Dad at home, a beautiful Nigerian man called Elvin used to call in every day to Dad & care for his personal hygiene needs. Elvin had family in Nigeria, 3 daughters,& a wife . Hats off
@PatrickFreyne1
for highlighting this issue yesterday
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4 Bimm students in a Café on Francis Street,talking about songwriting, fascinating banter,all in thier early 20's .One of them chimes in about Gilbert O'Sullivan's Nothing Rhymed,& the other 3 looking at him. He proceeds to YouTube it & play it . Gilbert, still kicking .
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My absolute respect & gratitude to 2
@DubFireBrigade
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I'd taken this photo of Dad in 2021 . He used to whisper read the words behind the paper .
The headline. 💕
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Word on this old soldier. After 3 weeks in the wonderful care of Beaumont,heroes ,we've found him a beautiful home to full time care for his needs .96 ,still going .The end of a 2 year journey for me looking after him & darling Mama .They are the foundations, not the margins . 💙
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I'm not saying the commentary is out of time but George Hamilton just mentioned John Aldridge is involved in a sideline altercation with a FIFA Offical .
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Twitter , you wore your beautiful suits , and frocks for me and the family yesterday, and I thank you for the kindness, the words , the gestures . To have lived a life and to never to have wronged a single soul , that is her legacy. We carry that for her. X .
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One living in Australia, one in Bergen Norway, & the Sis in Brighton. What's seldom is beautiful. We gathered to send Dad home . No crying into cups of tea, pints & songs & joy . It's what he wanted .To anyone holding us up ,pulling us through the last few days. We see you x x .
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A Song that'll make you get up from a good cup of coffee and leave a coffee shop . I'll start ..
4 Non Blondes
What's Going On .
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@AdamCSharp
One my dad used to use, describing someone as lazy ..
" If work was in the bed , he'd sleep on the floor "
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Toughest thing I've ever had to do .Wake Dad and tell him his oldest and only surviving sister Bridgie passed away last night . She was an absolute force. A tough North County Dublin woman . A great old school Fruit & Vegetable grower . Worked 7am till 11pm . Lived to 96 . ❤
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Took this in 2021 , Bull Island. I was going to use it for something, but I never did . I must get around to it.
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A couple of folks have been asking me about Pop Barrett over the last few days , I've not really been using the tweeting box . Yesterday, we got him out of the hospital, & he's gone back to his nursing home under the community palliative care team . He decides the clock now . x .
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Appalling state of affairs, the windows of the magnificent Aldborough House are being boarded up . Built between 1793 & and 1799,it has been left to fall into ruin. I walk past it every day, imagining its potential, & yet again, whoever owns it is just sticking a plaster on it.
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Buy Christmas gifts from people who sing songs , write chapter & verses , paint draw or sketch things , 📷 snap beautiful moments , sew , weave , construct things , saw hammer & nail things , bake , brew & make things .
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" May the wind that blows from haunted graves , never bring you misery , may the angels bright watch you tonight and keep you while you sleep "
©️
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a house of comings and going, of love and of learning , of books and of music. The mist of nostalgia blows away leaving the reality of tangible childhood rememberings . Loved ,warm ,wanted , & home . We'll let it go in hope it becomes the same for so many others . Onwards x .
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So humbled by the response to this tweet . The energy from it . Tough time for any family letting go of the family home . The sentiment seems universal , that values matter, not valu€s .330k people have seen it , interacted with it . Gives my heart hope . Gives us all hope . x .
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Mam's first anniversary this week ,my heart is a little sore .I always try lean into that ,never away from it ,see it for what it is .Hold close all those you need and the world rights itself .There is no formula for grief,but the heart of managing it is kindness to the self ❤️.
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