As a 25-year-old woman, I’ve spent nearly all of my eligible dating years as a single woman. I love being single and have found so much joy in it that, obviously I want other people to find the same joy I have! I didn’t always really love or enjoy or really even notice being single as something great or even something to talk about. When I first became an intentional disciple of Jesus Christ, I was advised that perhaps abstaining from dating for a time and being single would be best as I would be able to focus all of my energies on this newly formed relationship with Christ. Before this conversion, I was attempting to stay away from boys because even without the light of Christ in my life,

This past week I realized I've been in Ireland longer than the amount of time I have left here. I can't believe my plane trip back home is less than four months away. I'm so grateful for the time I've had here and there is so much more to do before we leave. I am praying for this town and this country to grow in their faith and seek out more of an understanding to what it means to be a Catholic. Are you just going through the motions? I feel like I think about that a lot, I think about what it means to truly be living a Christian way of life. Too many people I've encountered have just gone through the motions and are just stuck where they are at, not growing and learning. I suppose it might