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Introducing The Two Grannies

 It's time to put ourselves out there and let you know just who these 'Two Grannies' are.

First up, it's myself Gráinne. Most know me as the face behind The WRITE STUFF Kids Club and The WRITE STUFF: Creative Writing facilitator, freelance writer, tutor and the gal who loves all things books and Shakespeare. But this is a whole other side that I now hope to explore. The side that feels it has acquired wisdom and life learning. The side that is fueled by friendship and life lessons. And all of that supported by the friend of 40+ years, Granny Annie. 

I'm wife to one, mother to three, and granny to one. This is not about the role of being a granny, but more about the stage in life this brings me to. A stage where I'm content within myself, find it easier to say 'no', and know the importance of taking time for 'me'. I've reached this stage with a great family and a super circle of friends around me. And it's the friendship element that is going to fuel this new blog. In particular the friendship with Granny Annie. 

Granny Annie and I spend endless hours around her kitchen table, walking the roads, sipping tea, coffee, eating dinner and more. Whilst doing all this we are regularly putting the world to rights. We tell and discuss our woes and our fortunes. We laugh lots and we shed tears. 

So as we embark on this new blog, and maybe a vlog to come, we hope to bring reassurance to people, offer our advice, and tell our stories, share our fun times, and our not-so-fun times too. We will talk friendship, social life, culture with books, music, dance, art and more, anxiety and elements of mental health. We might touch on parenting and we will certainly touch on grief and loss. But we hope to do it all with an element of fun. 

So please join us as we do what we do best - act on impulse, work closely together and make sure to have lots of laughter. Be prepared though, most of the time we don't have a clue what we're doing, but we do it anyway. 

Welcome aboard, and help keep us right.

Granny McCool xx

Granny Annie, it's over to you....


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Granny Annie here. No job too big and no job too small for this granny. Well that's maybe up for negotiations. I'm a mammy of two girls and granny to five. 

Gráinne, Granny McCool, and I have been friends before we knew we were friends. She used my hard earned cash to get her free pin-up posters when still in national school. I was a big girl working then! It's a long story and one for another day. We have been through many ups and downs, but still here so hopefully we can in some way now use our knowledge to help or enlighten others along the way. 

I'm happiest at making tea or dinner for friends, gathering them around my kitchen table, and putting the world to rights. What happens or is discussed at my table, stays at my table. 

My hobbies include walking, dancing, talking, and when Covid came, Granny McCool encouraged me to take up reading. This I did and it's taken me to another world. 

There will be laughs galore with us if you're willing to play along. I'm looking forward to the journey of The Two Grannies. 

Granny Annie x



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