from Compositions by Néillidh Ó Maolagáin
My eldest daughter Caoimhe became ill in January 2006 and ended up in hospital for 10 days. Confined to a ward on her own I decided, in order for her to manage her time in some way while she was there, to get her a sketch book and some colouring pens to keep her occupied. She got great enjoyment out of sketching and she was thrilled when a nurse asked her for one of her sketches to hang in the children’s ward when she was leaving the hospital.
