Esther McCarthy: It'll be life's mundane moments that will make our memoirs

"The scary things that sideswipe you when you least expect it: The calls with the worst news in the middle of the night; the devastating diagnoses; and all the major and minor disasters that are simply the cost of living."

Esther McCarthy. Picture: Emily Quinn

Our brilliant guest editor for this week, Annmarie O’Connor, told me her focus for this issue was going to be the idea that our lives are memoirs in the making.

We all have those moments don’t we — the ones that change us, for better or worse.