The Irish Lover
“Mary rolled down the window of her rental car letting in the cool, wet Irish air. She’d cranked up the heat when she got in and now the windows were fogged, making the misty morning seem downright gloomy.
The gloom didn’t dampen the romance of the view or lessen the feelings it inspired. She took a breath, tasting the loam of the earth. Little by little the windows cleared. Silvery light fell over rolling green hills. The rain made the land sparkle, as if it weren’t raindrops, but diamonds, tha...t fell from the sky. And she was alone, with no one to share the wonder and beauty of the view with, no one to ease the burden of sadness and loss she carried.
Mary Callahan had come for The Gathering—the year when the Emerald Isle called all of her children home. Mary and her grandparents had emigrated after the death of Mary’s parents during the Troubles—a kind euphemism for the violence, bombings and murders that rocked Ireland in the latter decades of the 20th century. She’d been raised in Chicago since she was two and until now had never returned.MoreLess
The gloom didn’t dampen the romance of the view or lessen the feelings it inspired. She took a breath, tasting the loam of the earth. Little by little the windows cleared. Silvery light fell over rolling green hills. The rain made the land sparkle, as if it weren’t raindrops, but diamonds, tha...t fell from the sky. And she was alone, with no one to share the wonder and beauty of the view with, no one to ease the burden of sadness and loss she carried.
Mary Callahan had come for The Gathering—the year when the Emerald Isle called all of her children home. Mary and her grandparents had emigrated after the death of Mary’s parents during the Troubles—a kind euphemism for the violence, bombings and murders that rocked Ireland in the latter decades of the 20th century. She’d been raised in Chicago since she was two and until now had never returned.MoreLess
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