irish stuff

Ireland is a culmination of old, new and ancient in no apparent order. There is serious effort made to preserve many items of the past, like this public well pump which would have been on the side of the foot path or road in years gone by. As you can

This has been such a strange year for everyone. What words would you use to describe this year for you? Challenging, long, scary, hard, lonely, frustrating, yet also hopeful.  Hopeful because God is still in charge and has been very gracious to us. Things have been hard, very hard. But

How do I celebrate Mother’s Day in a very Matriarchal society like Ireland without any of my kids around? I celebrate the 2 lives He gave us to have a part in raising. I celebrate the choices and challenges they are making even now as grown men. I celebrate the

During this long 5 + weeks of lockdown here in Ireland, sometimes its easy  to forget that the rest of the world is still out there outside my neighborhood. Then I watch the news and can very quickly think all is gloom and doom. However, beauty and new life is

We got an amazing thing today. It came so unexpectedly but was wonderful to experience. I would love for it to happen again. We received in our mail slot a hand written paper letter! It was so lovely to receive and made us feel very special that someone took the