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Happy International Women's Month, which is one of my favorite months of the year. Any opportunity to celebrate women awakens something in my spirit....
In September, hours before we left on vacation with my in-laws, I found out that the heartbeats of my identical twin boys stopped. I...
Last year, I gave you a rundown of my favorite Irish movies as a sequel to my 2024 list of my favorite Irish books,...
We carefully chose our words every day in our conversations, texts, and social posts. The wrong word can cause pain or confusion, but the...

























