This is part three of a series of posts I’ve written sharing some leadership experiences we have had over the past 12 years. Here are links to part 1 and part 2. I have also written a short post about why I am sharing this now. This has been the most challenging part of this…
Tag: life in Dublin
March 2023 micro.blog Photo Blog Challenge
As the social media’s pre-post-Twitter era is upon is, I’ve ended up over on a site called micro.blog. They regularly have monthly photo blog challenges, and this month I am giving it a go. If you’d like to follow along, you can check out my micro.blog page (rrw1.micro.blog), & even subscribe if you are into…
Today was a Tough Week
I have no meetings scheduled for this week, so I was planning on putting some extra time into my dissertation. I dropped M off at school, took a walk along the Promenade, and drove home ready to get to work. I dealt with a couple of issues that had come up over the weekend, then…
Mystery Solved
Yesterday Liz left to drive M to dance camp around 9:45 am. I had been on a walk and arrived home around 10:20. I received a text from Liz shortly after saying she was at the store and asking if I needed anything. Soon after I realised I hadn’t seen the dog since I arrived…
Driving Méabh to School
Last year I shared a time-lapsed video of the drive from our old home in Clontarf to our place in Marino. Earlier this week it was reported that Dublin is one of the worst cities in the world for traffic congestion. On top of that each morning when we drive Méabh to school, we drive…
immigrant
Today I had to head to the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB). This is the fourth time in less than 5 years. The first year I was so nervous. In Ireland, you can’t take care of your residency before you move there. You come in like normal, receive permission to stay in the state for…
Getting My Irish Drivers License…well almost
This morning I cycled up to the NDLS Centre (National Driver License Service) in Clare Hall. I cycled because although I passed my road test last week, there were couple more steps for me to take before I receive my license. Those steps are now done, and probably next week sometime my Irish Driver’s License will…
A Lesson Learned in a Taxi
Our family of six has a total of 11 passports. I am the only one who has only one. Still, I have been the one who ensures that our passports are up-to-date. About six months ago, I put it in my calendar to renew Erin and Brenna’s US passports in early 2015. About two weeks…
Embedding
In November of this year, Elizabeth and I came on staff with Christian Associates (CA) as Team Leaders in Dublin. It has been an exciting time for us with a lot to learn and process. One item that we found attractive about CA was their church planting process. Not only did their philosophy fit well with…
Expressing Gratitude…a school story
The following story is a couple of years old now and something we’ve shared with a few people. It was a great encouragement to us at the time it happened and continues to be something we reflect back on with gratitude. Hope you find it encouraging. In the summer of 2010, our family had the…