What a Lá fhéile Pádraig. The first one since his accident Pádraig did not spent in hospital. Unfortunately, I was only with him for a short time today. I drove back to Hamburg at noon but it took almost 6, rather than the usual 3 hours because the autobahn was completely shut down and traffic diverted to country roads…

Thank you for all the messages of support you sent to us.

I can’t really think straight tonight – it’s difficult any night, but tonight I’m not even trying.

You might have seen a picture of Pádraig in newspaper article about the accident. That picture only tells half the story, and it’s only half the picture.

The full picture has my mother in it and was taken by my sister when Pádraig visited my mother just before he went to Boston almost two years ago, because he knew that he wouldn’t be able to see here for her birthday during the summer.

So here, there are the two of them. My mother kept the pictures beside her in her room where she prayed for him every day, where she told me every time I saw her that he was going to get better, where she held my hand and comforted me, even during her last days when she could hardly talk.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Another reason not to, never to give up. “Dranbleiben” is what makes the difference.

Deirdre just came on RTE Radio 1 talking about Pádraig.