IRELAND 2023
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Ireland: Day seven
“When you are back in the States…” A few short words, I have always spoken to other people throughout my life and never had said to me. I will be, very unfortunately, missing an exciting event for a friend due to our travels in Ireland. After sending a regretful RSVP yesterday, woke this morning to…
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Ireland: Day Six
There are few things better than waking to sunshine in the morning, especially here, after multiple days of rain. From the first beams of light casting a soft pale glow into bedroom windows to the sounds of gravel crunching underfoot of the very early risers taking their morning walks. There is no need for obnoxious…
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Ireland: Day Five
Green; it is my favorite of all the colors. Pink used to hold that position and I was happy with pink but after needing to have the last word in an early childhood spat when I was younger and was told no one else could have their favorite color as green, green became my top-billing…
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Ireland: Day Four
It is earlier this morning than yesterday. Rise and shine came swiftly in the dark at 4:30 a.m. Rather than blissful quiet, Kevin and I greeted the morning with the sounds of blaring alarm clocks and the heavy pitter patter of rainfall on the cottage roof. The girls awoke to the sound of my voice.…
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Ireland: Day Three
It is early; just after 5 a.m. The cottage is completely still and the only sounds I can hear are the occasional rustles of the wind through the trees and a couple of birds beginning their morning song. Even the cows are quiet this morning. It is the type of quiet that begs for self…
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Ireland: Day Two
The lingering scent of wildflowers; that is all I can smell and I wish I could bottle the scent and take it home with me when we leave. It was one of the first things I noticed when we arrived and have not stopped commenting on it since. I do not know much about flowers…
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Ireland: Day One
We made it. After 3 days filled with airports, flight delays, new flights, new seats, an unexpected sleep over in Dallas, TX, and very little sleep; Kevin, Audra, Ellery, and I made it to Ireland. I have to be honest, as a very non-seasoned plane traveler, I was to the point of wanting to just…