Irish Blessing: May Your Troubles BE Less + your Blessings BE More

🍀 Happy (early) St. Pat’s!! 🍀

~ may your troubles be less + your blessings be more ~

🌱 In case you don’t receive the BE Light Newsletter, here’s a snapshot from this week’s (except the newsletter has a pic of my mama 💗) … we chat Career Development + so much more! 🌱 

✨ Did you know??

I studied abroad in Cork, Ireland for 5 months in 2006!

💚 University College Cork (UCC)is in the Republic of Ireland’s 2nd biggest city, which sits on the magical River Lee. 

💚 At UCC, I studied Ancient Irish Civilization and Irish Literature. 

💚 We traveled all around Ireland, including Dublin, Cobh (pictured above), Killarney, and Belfast as well as the Antrim Coast, the latter 2 in Northern Ireland.

💚 Many of us even backpacked through Europe! I visited Amsterdam, Paris, Montepellier (France), and Barcelona. 

💚 We planned travels to Italy, but Parisian riots thwarted this. (There’s much more to that harrowing story.)

I am (at least) 25% Irish! We Irish are very proud of our heritage. In Ireland, St. Patrick’s Day is a family occasion where all ages gather at pubs to enjoy food, music, dancing, and for those of-age: a pint.

~ also ~

💚 Did you know Ireland is home to beautiful palm trees?! I did not. This is a pic of Cobh (pronounced cove).

Here are 3 facts! 

☘️ 100’s of passengers on the Titanic departed from Cobh

☘️ there is also a Victorian promenade along the Atlantic

☘️ you can likewise learn about the Queenstown Story

✨ This is the story of Irish Emigration. My father’s family emigrated from County Clare in the 1800’s.

~ do you celebrate St. Pat’s?? ~

🍀 Erin go bragh! 🍀