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I dream of a family vacation that starts and ends in Ireland with my parents, my brothers, our partners, our children, my aunts, and my cousins. We would all carry the spirit of my sweet, kind, funny, redheaded grandmother who always dreamed of seeing her father’s country one day. I envision a caravan of funny, little European cars driving through the Irish countryside, all of us shivering (as native Californians might) and delighting in the green, lush wonder. We will see Joyce’s and Shaw’s Dublin. We will stay in country bed and breakfasts, soaking up stories from locals, eating glorious cheese and butter and bread and beer. My mother will buy more sweaters than a California winter will ever require, and my aunt and father will watch quietly and proudly as their children experience what their own parents always wanted for us. We will learn more about ourselves in this short time than we might have in all our years together rushing through our daily lives.

Ireland. Grandma. Dreams can come true.

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