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We follow an Irish girl vocal group called the Henry Girls. They sing a poignant ballad called “How Do You Know?” The main question posed by the lyrics is: How can you tell if an event or a situation is good luck or bad luck? Sometimes we are quick to judge that we are experiencing
We are in Carndonagh, Co. Donegal, Ireland. For some it would be the trip of a lifetime, but since we come here a couple of times a year, the trip doesn’t have that same sense of the unknown. Don’t get me wrong, we love it here. We meet with our friends and relations. It is
I see examples of bravery all around me. A friend fighting cancer again, others watching loved ones go through difficult things. Loved ones have passed away or lost their homes to terrible fires. I wonder in my heart – Could I face that? Could I have the grace and strength that they exhibit? I really
Sadie Doherty has suffered for 18 years with life threatening epilepsy.
She desires independence from both her debilitating disease and her parents smothering control.
However, in 1918 there are no known treatments for epilepsy and her devoted parents are committed to protecting her from injury and death. Sadie has no expectation of life outside her parent’s cottage until the Fae interfere.
She has a seizure in the fairy fort and wakes up in 2020. She has escaped to the future. Because of modern medical treatments she is seizure free and loves living in the modern world.
Then she learns that she has a granddaughter living in Boston. If Sadie doesn’t return home to 1918, how will her descendants ever be born? She feels obligated to try and go back.
The attempt fails.
The Fae won’t allow her back home unless she has both a strong desire and is willing to make a sacrifice.
What must Sadie sacrifice to be taken back home? Will she make the sacrifice?
