Thankful Thursday: "It looked like an old painting, but real..."

"It looked like an old painting, but real – everything achingly idyllic in the morning light – 

and I thought about how wonderfully strange it would be 

to live in a place where almost everything had been built by the dead."

John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

This week I am thankful that I was able to take a trip to Dublin, Ireland with my friend AB last week.  I had a wonderful time, saw many beautiful things and places, learned so much about the history and culture of Ireland, had a few interesting encounters, and cannot wait to go back and share it with AC and SC.  I am thankful that I have returned safely to my family, and that the travel itself was unexceptional, though I did return with the flu.  However, I am thankful right now that it seems to be almost over.

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