Today I googled pictures of Hygge. Never one to be on time for a trend, this Christmas I deemed our house hygge central, with candles and blankets and herbal teas and wooly socks everywhere. It could also be called The Sick House, for our home has been that, too.
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Isn't she a beaut? Such a wee thing, but now one of our most prized possessions.In a miraculous series of crazy-making and divinely-ordered events, exactly one year after applying and some 9.5 years after first moving to Ireland, Matt and I were sworn in as Irish citizens.
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“Maeve, you’re a devil. I’m aware of that kind of thing, ever since I got the shock. That was the weirdest sensation ever, as my arm kind of went like that, went through here, through there, and my arm went up. I didn’t put it up meself. It just went right up, with the shock.
Read moreMo' money, mo' problems
As one friend put it, “I would prefer those who lived out of Kingdom values and know Jesus to have more money, than those who don’t know Him.” Well, sure. But we’d also expect them to knock down the doors of the Dáil demanding the immediate building of new...
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We've made it a habit of settling in river valleys. It wasn't till I became an adult that I realized Kansas City nestled within the bluffs of the Missouri River. Not nearly as flat as you'd think, my childhood playgrounds were tree-filled and hilly, lush with...
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