JANUARY can be tough. The weather is usually dreary and often mirrors the emotions rambling around the boreens of our lives. The anticipation of a new start with the turning of the year has proven to be illogical, and the long evenings of summer seem a lifetime away.
Personally, the dreariness and the lack of light are an utter pain. I like to get out some evenings after work and try to run, but the darkness isn’t appealing and settling down in front of the TV is an easy alternative.
The fact that Christmas may have left finances somewhat stretched is also another January niggle, and that’s before one even thinks about all the colds and flus circling through the population.
Therefore, January is usually a time when I just put the head down and try to get through each week as painlessly as possible. However, the sadness echoing through many parts of Ireland this month has really knocked the stuffing out me. So many people are struggling.
Tragically, some of those struggling have taken their own lives. I can’t even imagine the pain being........

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