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comparison

the uninvited guests

Posted on June 17, 2016June 17, 2016 by Jodie McCarthy

I was sitting by myself at the café, absorbed in my work, quietly writing and they passed by my table. As I knew them a little I nodded, and smiled. But they took that as an invitation and stopped. So I lay down my pen, and half-heartedly started a conversation with them, hoping it would … Continue reading the uninvited guests

Posted in writingTagged comparison, process, self-doubt5 Comments

the comparison trap

Posted on June 29, 2014January 30, 2015 by Jodie McCarthy

I have a friend who works with women at risk. Her job is important and valuable, she is literally at the front line with women in dangerous situations. I have a friend who is a teacher, she is educating the next generation, sowing into them and helping them grow into the men and women of … Continue reading the comparison trap

Posted in communityTagged comparison, joy2 Comments

mummy blogger

Posted on August 5, 2013January 31, 2015 by Jodie McCarthy

Do you sometimes listen to yourself speak, and as you listen you hear your true heart and it surprises you? I hear this in the way I speak. I talk about my friend who has published a novel, and then refer to myself self-deprecatingly as a "mummy-blogger". It show me that in my heart I … Continue reading mummy blogger

Posted in writingTagged blogging, comparison1 Comment

that’d be nice

Posted on March 5, 2013February 19, 2018 by Jodie McCarthy

As I take my girls on the school run, I often see a woman walking in our neighbourhood. She is pushing a pram with her golden retriever trotting along beside her. I see her and I love the image, going for a walk in the morning with baby and a dog. And I think to … Continue reading that’d be nice

Posted in the ordinary everydayTagged comparison2 Comments
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