Dearbhla Mescal

Paul would be sitting there going... Can I say something?

Rubbish.

Don't do that.

Did or did not.

And I didn't want any of my children to turn to me at 30 and say, I coulda, I shoulda, if you had.

Do you know?

And one of the things I said to my friend was that when she was coming in her front door and all the shoes were in the front door and she had to kick them out of the way because she's tired and she's just come in with all her own.

And then she goes over to the washing machine and all the stuff is outside the washing machine.

So we were having, like, you can imagine this.

This was a manic conversation of, yes, that happens all the time.

And there is no fairy in the laundry.

Like, it's just, who is it?

Me.

And I said to her, do you know what we have to do?

We have to realise that we're not always going to be kicking the shoes.

Eventually, it'll just be two sets of shoes.

So let's enjoy all the shoes.

You know, and it's really important because it's fleeting.

And when you're in the chaos and when it's hard, you don't realize it's fleeting.

You think this is it.