Comments on: 10 minutes – What 10 minute slice of your life would you re-live?

By: Conor O'Neill

Conor O'Neill — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 19:13:05 +0000

I have to say that I laughed out loud reading Bernie’s. For some reason I had images of Wile E Coyote in my head.

By: Donagh

Donagh — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 17:08:03 +0000

Iâ€™ve been thinking about what Iâ€™d pick since I got Damienâ€™s mail about this and although I thought Iâ€™d settled on one or two things, I still havenâ€™t made my mind up about it. Anytime it occurred to me so many came up and I never got round to replying unfortunately. Many of those on my shortlist had to do with getting married or were about our daughter Hannah, her birth and watching her grow. But I wanted to avoid that Hallmark moment.

The idea of returning in time has never appealed, even to nice events. Youâ€™d have to deal with the disappointment that they are not the same as you remembered. The memory and the reason why itâ€™s a good one is better.

I wouldnâ€™t even want to relive the last conversation I had with my 79 year old father, the night before he went down for the operation from which he would not recover. We discussed the risks then and the lightness at the end of our chat was based on us both presuming that everything would be okay. What else could we think? But Iâ€™m glad Damien has put this together and the entries, in their poignancy and humour are excellent.

By: EolaÃ gan Fhéile

EolaÃ gan Fhéile — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 15:10:44 +0000

This post has been swimming around my head for a full day – which is longer than a typical blog post. I’ve nothing to add myself, but stupendous stuff Damien.

By: Tipster

Tipster — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 23:31:55 +0000

Your first anon’s reply kicks me in the stomach.

By: anon

anon — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 21:07:02 +0000

I stood in the basement car park in Dublin having a cigarette one Friday morning in 2003, my younger brother (at home in Cork) was about to head on holidays the next day. I remember thinking I should call him and tell him to enjoy himself and take it handy. I didn’t, I just sent him a text, and forgot all about it. He was found dead early Sunday morning. I’ll always regret not calling him, perhaps I could have said something that would have changed it all. If I could re-live 10 minutes, it’d be any ten minutes during his 17 years.

By: Adam

Adam — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 12:41:54 +0000

Some great stuff in there; fair play to all who contributed.

It kind of reminded me of PostSecret in a way; a mixture of some of the most harrowing moments life throws at us with some of the more beautiful.

Would have sent my own in, but even now I’m not certain what I’d pick.. I’d need to give it a few weeks thought!