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They left me with connections and money, so that’s made my survival quite simple, but in order to feel like a respectable girl, I must pretend I have someone watching out for me at all times, and nobody is watching out for me.”
“America.” She shrugged. “My aunt plans to take me there in the fall. The opportunity there is incredible for young women.
Oh, and they never said ‘war.’ They called it the ‘Emergency.’ It was a terrible time, full of heartbreak and ruin.”
Do what will bring you joy, but don’t rush. It takes time to know everything that you are and all that you can
This majestic home was first constructed by Brendan Campbell, a prominent leader in Kislee, as a seaside sanctuary for his wife, Alannah, and daughter, Evie.
“To Ireland. I’d like to give him the letters,” she said, coughing. “It’s time.”
“You know, I stopped letting myself think about all the things that made Ireland beautiful. Now that I’m here, it’s like a dream.
“Fear is the greatest weapon people use to get you to do what they want. It can be a powerful thing.”
“Life goes faster than you’d expect. Keep making a point to do the things that make you happy, Rainey.
“I think the things that we hide from others are more about a fear of being honest with ourselves,” he said. “The world wants us to be perfect, and when we’re not, it can be hard to admit that.”
Women had opportunities now that they didn’t have when my mother was young, and I wasn’t certain yet what path I wanted my life to take. But I did know now that I didn’t want someone to choose that path for me.
“Get it down on paper,” she said. “Otherwise, time has a gift for washing those precious memories away.”
“The whole country was in ruin. There were no jobs, and the families who’ve farmed this land, who’ve raised the sheep and tended the crops, have been doing it for decades. The petrol shortage killed the farming equipment, the weather wouldn’t cooperate, and there was little food.
Life has a way of testing friendships, but a true friend will be there forever.”
I was so caught up in the idea that I was the one who always had to fix things, or the world would fall apart. Well, sometimes the word fell apart anyway.
“I keep trying to remind myself that death is a part of life,” I said. “That doesn’t make it easier to say goodbye.”
