Fetal Rock

The highlighted parts of a rock I saw last December reminded me of a fetus. This led me thinking about the Kerry baby and Ann Lovett cases in the Eighties and how, up until recently in Irish society, the absolute worst thing for a young woman in Ireland to do was to get pregnant outside of marriage.

Mam’s Hands in Hospital

During Mam’s last stay in hospital, her hands, unposed, just lying on the bed. We took her home a few days later, where she spent her last weeks. Thirty years of rheumatoid arthritis have distorted her joints but I see resilience rather than frailty in this.