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emily

  • The Dead Samaritan: A Dublin Thriller

    So in addition to moving back to Dublin this summer, I’ve had a little more excitement in the last few months. Late last month, my book was published! It was so long in the…

    September 18, 2018
  • Maya Starts Preschool

    Maya started preschool last week. In Ireland they call preschool Montessori, although not all preschools use the actual Montessori method. Maya’s school does, though, so it’s technically a Montessori Montessori. Ha! On her first…

    September 17, 2018
  • Noah Turns One

    We now have a one year old little boy! Well, technically, we have a 13 month old by this point, but we did celebrate on his actual birthday with cupcakes and family, and it…

    September 14, 2018
  • Transitioning Home

    I’ve started this post at least five different times in the last few weeks. And each time, before I get a chance to finish it, it’s all out of date and I scrap the…

    September 10, 2018
  • Greetings from Dublin!

    We’re home. When we finally landed after our more than 12 hour journey back to Dublin from my parents’ house in Maine, we looked at each other and said, “We’re home.” We did it.…

    July 13, 2018
  • Big News // We’re Moving Back to Ireland!

    We are so excited that we finally get to share some big news! We’re moving back to Dublin this summer! While we had envisioned that this wacky Houston adventure would be a one year…

    May 24, 2018
  • How To Love Where You Live

    I’ve been thinking lately about how to love where you live. It’s by far one of the skills I most appreciate having learned. For almost eight years, we lived in Dublin and I think…

    May 21, 2018
  • It Took A Village

    I started writing this post back when Noah was this tiny – 9 months ago now! And now I can hardly believe he was ever this tiny! But once the shock of having a…

    May 10, 2018
  • Exploring Texas / Spring Bluebonnets and Fire Ants

    Let me tell you a funny story about a family of non-Texans trying to take photos with the Texas state flower in a field with 100 other people.  Our kids were characteristically not up…

    April 17, 2018
  • America Made Us Activists

    Despite the fact that I spent 2 years in college and almost two years after college working for political campaigns, I can’t say that I had been particularly politically active since then. Other than…

    April 10, 2018