A Noble Irish heroine and just one happy ending

May 8, 2015 Karen Huber

On Facebook today, I saw another blogger share the trailer of this film, marking it with the hashtag: #ad. This made me cringe. I don't mean to share this film as an ad; I'm under no obligation to do so. In fact, I ignored it for a long while because I didn't really want to watch this film. To be honest, I hate living in a world where we must watch documentaries and films of child poverty, abuse and sex trafficking to believe it's real and under our noses.

But my love for an Irish heroine and just this one happy ending won out...

Thrown Together in Ireland

May 6, 2015 Karen Huber

Emily over at From China Village hosts the wonderful "Styled in Ireland" series, in which she shares what to wear, bring and accessorize with while out and about on our fair isle. As a fellow transplant to Ireland who still feels like a midwestern tourist (me), I love these posts...

What I'm Into {April 2015 Edition}

April 30, 2015 Karen Huber

People, I have to tell you: April in Dublin has been fantastic. Sure, we've had hail twice this week. But the sun has graced us with her presence every single day, last night's sunset amidst big thunderheads (alas, sans thunder) was gloriously midwest-like, and I've been hanging out laundry like a boss. I found it incredibly difficult to maintain a depressive post-rejection stance in the face of such beauty. Here's hoping May is as kind to us as April was. Now, for the good stuff...

A girl called Chloe

April 27, 2015 Karen Huber

A few years ago I met lovely, hilarious Annie in a sand pit. She was brave enough to meet me sight unseen in a Kansas City playground after I'd been quasi-stalking their blog detailing their life in Germany. Annie and husband Walt worked for our organisation at the time, and as often happens...

on motherhood, grad school and bobbing towards shore

April 22, 2015 Karen Huber

I was hoping I'd have something to tell you. That the extended silence masking three months of hard work would lead to a grand announcement. That my one word for the year would be fortuitous and you all would say, "Wow! Amazing! Knew you had it in you!" But it's not. And I don't.

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