The question for today is.... What do you do, if in your more mature years, you discover that you might actually have roots in Ireland? Not a 'probably', just because your mother and your niece have red hair, but because you now have a name that may be the connection?
I am so excited I can hardly contain myself!! When I posted some photos on Facebook, of my July trip to Ireland, my cousin Karen asked if I'd done any research on our ancestors while I was there. Up to this point, for me, Celtic or Irish ancestry has only been a lovely dream. I have been drawn to that part of the world; the natural beauty, the history, the music, the language, the culture, the people, their faith, their accomplishments and their pain. Since my first trip to Ireland in 2008, then Scotland in 2009, I have continued to read and at times immerse myself in learning more about everything Celtic.
Now I have a name........O'Neil. And the name from my childhood that I discarded many years ago comes back, with a wee lovely lilt;) Rosie...and add the O'Neil. I can hear a voice singing to me, a most captivating tune, "Will you go, lassie, go?"
Sigh..... What a journey!!!
Confession.... I thought this was going to be easier - to write my thoughts and an occasional nugget - something that might have come to me in the processing moments of my life.
I don't know if it is the 'season' of my life, moving into 'retirement', or summer, or my 'vacation' trip to Ireland, or trying to read too many books at the same time, or what, but I am currently processing myself in circles. I occasionally get a glimps of something that I think may be the dawning of a bit of wisdom, however, before I can write about it, I'm onto a slightly new perspective. Sigh...
So I've decided that if I'm going to post more often, it will not be about the conclusions I've come to in my processing. My new thought is to just attempt to let you know the questions I'm trying to answer, or the books I'm reading, or maybe even something that is stirring me from a conference or talk I've heard.
Confession over...
The question that is being processed now is this.... "What if my greatest blessing is also my deepest wound?"
What does your life tell you about this question?
Have a blessed day!
R.
