Thursday, March 10, 2016

It's that time again


I am very proud of my Irish heritage. I can't get enough of Irish history. Ireland and Guatemala are tied for my favorite places on earth. I love the story of St. Patrick so much.

Every year for at least five years I've read St. Patrick of Ireland by Philip Freeman. It's a quick read and so far it hasn't gotten old. Reading this book every March brings me such joy. It's a really fun tradition I have. I spend the entire time imagining my ancestors living on the Island at that very time. I wonder where they were, what they looked like, what were there stories? 

I admire Patrick for continually following what he knew to be a call from the Lord. And what sacrifices he made for the call. We're one week out from St. Patrick's day thus it's time for me to pull the book off the shelf and start again! This is my life.

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6 comments:

  1. Well hello from a born and bred Irish woman! Love your blog from all the way down in County Cork (southern Ireland)! Wishing you a very happy St. Patrick's day (or, paddy's day, as well call it!).

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    1. Hello! Thanks for reading, I love knowing someone from the emerald Isle stops by here for a visit. How neat. I've been to Ireland once, for a week. We stayed two nights in Dublin, two nights in county Mayo, and to nights in county Clare. The farthest south we ventured was to Bunratty Castle.

      Your country is SOOO beautiful! A large portion of my ancestors are from there but I have to go three generations back to get to an ancestor that lived there. My great grandparent's emigrated from Northern Ireland. (I didn't actually visit Northern Ireland when I went there though).

      Wishing you a very happy paddy's day too :)

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  2. Go rabh mile math agut (thanks very much!) Wow! You've seen quite a bit of Ireland already! Clare is lovely, it has some of the best waves for surfers! If u ever wonder how real Irish life is, maybe download films such as the snapper, the commitments or the van. They're set in the 80s but give a good glimpse of family life. They're comedies so you'll have a few laughs too!

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    1. And go rabh mile math agut right back at you; thanks for the suggestion :) I'll look into those films for sure.

      We liked Dublin least of what we saw (but we also lost my mother in law in Dublin for a few hours, and had to learn to drive on the opposite side of the road for the first time ever so it was a kind of a stressful experience, haha!) I had really high expectations of Ireland. It's been at the very top of my list for places I wanted to visit all of my life. And I wasn't let down at all. Your home exceeded all of my expectations.

      We did mostly touristy things but we went in the off season so everything was very calm, Bru na boinne, cliffs of moher, the burren. We visited a few castles and Quinn Abbey, trinity college. I loved it so much. A week was WAY too short of a time.

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  3. Personally, I don't like Dublin either so that's two of us! Hopefully, you'll make it back here some day and maybe get to witness Irish weather,it's unique..!!

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    1. I do so hope to go back! There were so many thing I didn't see. My list was incredibly long. It's possible I've read a few too many books on Irish history :)

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