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Tag: Adventure

Six flights, three countries, two competitions and one epic memory

After six flights, three countries, two competitions and one epic memory, we are home.

My three children and I travelled to Glasgow for the World Irish Dance Championships where my two sons were competing.  Our first flight to Dublin was delayed which caused us to miss our connecting flight to Glasgow.  I sprinted through the airport with three kids in tow, abandoning the luggage carousel, to try and find four new seats to the city that was expecting 20,000 visitors that week for the Worlds. Continue reading

The cave you fear to enter

I named my book, The Treasure You Seek, after a quote by mythologist and author Joseph Campbell.  He said, “The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.”  He wrote a book called The Hero With A Thousand Faces that talks about the story of the hero and how it is told in a similar fashion in myths from all cultures and religions.  His book has inspired many including George Lucas when he was writing the saga Star Wars. Continue reading

A dictionary and lots of love

My mom grew up in a tiny village in County Mayo, Ireland on a farm with no running water or telephone.  They milked the cows, churned the butter, cut the turf from the bog to burn for heat, and fed the chickens who gave them eggs. They didn’t have a lot of money but they had a dictionary and lots of love.  My grandma valued education although she didn’t get the chance herself, and she rode her bike six miles to a convent school in another town to register my mom to attend classes there after she graduated from the local school house.  My mom’s brothers sent money home while working in England for my mom to go to that school.  I am in awe of my grandma for knowing to do this and for making it happen.   Continue reading

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