For After I've Gone

17/10/2026

Something some people might not know about me…

Alongside running For After I’ve Gone, I spend a huge amount of my time involved in voluntary and community work.

I genuinely love working with people, bringing people together and helping to get the very best out of our communities. There are so many incredible people doing amazing things quietly in the background, and I feel very lucky to work alongside so many of them.

This week, that voluntary work brought me somewhere a little different — Leinster House, where I attended a meeting with Minister Jennifer Murnane O’Connor in my role as Interim Chairperson of Women’s Sheds of Ireland.

It was a really positive meeting and an opportunity to make sure the voices of Women’s Sheds across Ireland are being heard at Government level.

For After I’ve Gone will always be incredibly close to my heart, but community development, advocacy and volunteering are another huge part of who I am.

I suppose, at the heart of both, it’s really about the same thing — people, connection, and making a difference where you can. ❤️

16/10/2026

ONE QUESTION A WEEK
What ordinary moment from your life would you love to experience one more time?

Not the big milestones. Not the weddings, birthdays or once-in-a-lifetime trips.

Maybe it’s sitting at the kitchen table with someone who is no longer here. Hearing the kids playing when they were small. A Sunday dinner. A cup of tea with your Mam. Your Dad coming through the door. A completely ordinary evening when everyone you loved was simply… there.

We rarely realise we’re living the moments we’ll one day give anything to have back.

So this week, choose one.

Where were you? Who was there? What could you hear, smell or see? What made that ordinary moment so precious?

Write it down. 💛

Because sometimes the most ordinary memories become the most extraordinary parts of our story.

One question. One memory. One little piece of your story saved.

09/10/2026

ONE QUESTION A WEEK

What is something you worried about when you were younger that really didn't matter in the end?

You don't have to write your whole story today.
Just this little piece of it

How much time do we spend worrying about things that never really mattered?

What felt enormous at the time?
What happened in the end?
What would you tell your younger self now?

Sometimes growing older teaches us what deserves our worry — and what doesn't. 💛

Write it down. It might be advice someone you love needs someday.

For After I've Gone — because our stories are worth leaving behind.

02/10/2026

ONE QUESTION A WEEK

Some recipes hold far more than ingredients. 💛

Who taught you how to make it?
When was it always served?
Is there a secret ingredient or little trick that was never written down?

Recipes carry voices, traditions and memories from one generation to the next.

Write it down. Pass it on.

For After I’ve Gone — because our stories are worth leaving behind.

29/09/2026

✨ Well… this is a lovely bit of news!✨

I’m absolutely thrilled to share that For After I’ve Gone has been nominated for TWO awards at The Club - Irish Women in Business Awards! 🥹💛

🌟 Community Impact Award
🌟 Solopreneur of the Year

I’m not sure which one means more to me.

For After I’ve Gone started from a very personal place and has grown into something I could never have fully imagined — journals travelling into homes, conversations being started around kitchen tables, workshops, radio interviews, community events and, most importantly, people talking about the things we so often put off talking about.

Because this was never just about selling a journal.

It’s about legacy.
It’s about love.
It’s about saying the things that matter while we still can. 💛

And the Community Impact nomination feels particularly special because community is such a huge part of my life. I truly believe that when we give our time, share our experiences and bring people together, small things can have a much bigger ripple effect than we realise.

As for Solopreneur of the Year… anyone who runs something largely by themselves will know the reality behind that title! 😂 The ideas, emails, packing, posting, social media, workshops, admin, late nights and the constant “I must remember to do that!” 🙈

So today I’m just going to enjoy this little moment.

Two nominations for something that began with one simple idea:

What would you want the people you love to know when you're no longer here to tell them?

Very grateful. Very proud. And still very passionate about getting us all a little more comfortable with the uncomfortable. 💛

25/09/2026

ONE QUESTION A WEEK ✍️

“What is something your parents used to say that you now find yourself saying?”

We all have them. 😂

Those little phrases we heard over and over again growing up.

“Because I said so.”
“Were you born in a barn?”
“Money doesn't grow on trees!”
“You'll understand when you're older…”

And then one day, completely unexpectedly, you hear the words coming out of your own mouth and think…

Oh no. I've turned into my mother/father! 😂

But those little sayings are part of our family story too.

So, what was the phrase in your house? And do you say it now?

👇 I'd LOVE to hear these in the comments.

One question. One memory. One little piece of your story saved. 💛

18/09/2026

What does feeling safe look like in a memory?

Maybe it was holding someone's hand.
Hearing their key in the door.
Sitting beside them on the sofa.
Knowing you could tell them anything.
Or simply knowing that when they were there, everything would be alright.

Those details might seem small — but they're part of your story.

Write them down.

Because someday, someone you love may read those words and discover a person who mattered enormously to you — perhaps someone they never even got the chance to meet. 💛

For After I've Gone — because our stories are worth leaving behind.
Available to purchase on www.forafterivegone.com

15/09/2026

11/09/2026

ONE QUESTION A WEEK ✍️

What was your favourite family tradition as a child?

Maybe it was Sunday dinner at your grandparents’ house.
A particular birthday ritual.
Christmas morning.
A summer holiday to the same place every year.
Friday night treats, family games, visiting relatives, or something completely unique to your family.

At the time, these things can feel so ordinary. We rarely stop and think that one day they might become some of our most treasured memories.

Who started the tradition?
Why was it special?
Did you carry it into your own family?

These are the stories worth writing down — because traditions tell our loved ones not only what we did, but who we were.

One question. One memory. One little piece of your story saved. 💛

For After I've Gone — because our stories are worth leaving behind.
Available to purchase on www.forafterivegone.com

04/09/2026

ONE QUESTION A WEEK ✍️

What did your childhood home look, sound and smell like?

Close your eyes for a moment and take yourself back there.

Was there a clock ticking in the kitchen?
A particular chair someone always sat in?
The smell of Sunday dinner, turf on the fire or washing drying indoors?
Children playing outside, a radio in the background, someone calling you in for your tea?

It's often the ordinary details that become the most precious memories.
And someday, these are the little pieces of you that your family may treasure knowing.
One question. One memory. One little piece of your story saved. 💛
For After I've Gone — because our stories are worth leaving behind.
Available to purchase on www.forafterivegone.com