Letters to My Hometown

On severance, wholeness, and home

A roundabout reflection from the East Coast

Aug 4 • 

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July 2025

Finding my footing again, beyond face value

Musings from a week of intergenerational conversations in Southern California

Jul 22 • 

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June 2025

Neither Forgone nor Forgotten

Post-MPI reflections on Trauma, Forgiveness, and Reconciliation

Jun 3 • 

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August 2024

Bringing hope back home

Reflecting on a year at the Corrymeela Community

Aug 5, 2024 • 

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June 2024

Healing through Remembering, Reminding, and Reminiscing

It’s been almost one year since I started the Letters to My Hometown project, and I find myself amazed at how this seed of an idea has been able to…

Jun 17, 2024 • 

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February 2024

Happy Lunar New Year/새해 복 많이 받으세요/新年快樂! (and Beannachtai Lá Féile Bríde!)

I’m emerging from my hibernation (from writing) as the Lunar New Year is supposed to mark the beginning of spring, much like the recent Celtic holiday…

Feb 9, 2024 • 

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September 2023

(Kind of) an epilogue

Reflecting on closure and healing, from Mongolia back to Northern Ireland

Sep 2, 2023 • 

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August 2023

#HomeATLast!

Coming full circle at the end of this journey

Aug 3, 2023 • 

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July 2023

Chasing memories, untying knots, and being a bridge

Reflections on a whirlwind week back in the DMV (+ a day in Philly)

Jul 30, 2023 • 

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Building kinship across generations

Reflecting on three full days in Central/Southern California...

Jul 20, 2023 • 

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Reunited, only to be separated again…

From the San Francisco Bay Area to Fresno

Jul 17, 2023 • 

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First interview done!

Reporting from the airwaves between Boston and SF...

Jul 13, 2023 • 

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