Pippa O’Connor has made a heartfelt admission about life since her mum has passed away, revealing that she still thinks it’s weird that Louise isn’t around to see all the changes she’s been going through over the past few years.
Pippa’s mum sadly passed away very suddenly in 2014, and since then, a lot has happened in her life which she would have loved to share with her mum.
Speaking to Irish Independent’s Life Magazine, Pippa said, “It’s weird, since then, loads has happened to me. Some of the biggest changes in my life have happened since she has gone, and that’s weird.
“Probably self-consciously I’ve thrown myself into work even more. I’m lucky that I enjoy what I do. If I’d been in a mundane job I didn’t enjoy, I think a sudden death like that could send you the other way.
“I was just on the cusp of something and she went, and it was like, ‘Oh, what am I going to do now?’ But instead of it slowing me down, it had the opposite effect and I threw myself into work.”
Not long after she passed away, Pippa got straight back into work with her Fashion Factory shows, but looking back, doesn’t know how she managed to do it.
“It seems weird now that I stood up so soon after and talked about stuff like clothes and make up, but I just felt like there was no point in putting it off. It was always going to be difficult,” she said.
Throwing herself into work was probably the best thing for her at the time, and all that persistence and determination has definitely paid off.
Not only is she working on one of the most successful blogs in the country, Pippa.ie, but she’s also ready to release her debut book which will deal with all things lifestyle, fashion and beauty.
We can’t wait to have a read!
