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Val Kelly's avatar

Great to listen to your story Louise on a frosty Monday morning....sounds and looks like you had a fantastic trip 😊

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Louise Coghlan's avatar

Thanks so much Val for always supporting me. Sending love to Celbridge....lovely to see the sun rise up xx

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Jenny Hammerton's avatar

I see quite a few faces I recognise from the zoom mosaic - such joy emanating from your words and photos lovely Lou!

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Louise Coghlan's avatar

Thanks so much Jenny....I had an absolute ball and yep the zoom room faces were as magic in real life as in our zoom house xx So much joy x

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Louise Coghlan's avatar

PS. Can't wait to meet you one of these days xx

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lauren deborah | they/she 🌈🐆's avatar

I am so glad to read this, and not at all surprised either. Here's to many more adventures of a lifetime, friend! Loads of love to you! xx

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Louise Coghlan's avatar

Thanks so much LD :) As the Carpenters song goes, we've only just begun haha ;) Only warming up the engine for the long journey of messing and laughing pg...Thanks so much for being such a good friend and encourager in everyway. Love ya lots L xx

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Nessa Chileshe's avatar

Aw what a beautiful piece, Lou! And what a gorgeous song to end on too! I’m so glad that you had a lovely trip full of wonderful connections and memories x

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Louise Coghlan's avatar

Thanks so much Nessa....So much fun, so much messing and so many memories - the dream....Sending loads of good vibes to you girlie with your new beginning. Very excited for you x

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imelda's avatar

Delighted you had such a wonderful time louise well done

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Marian Edmunds's avatar

Some magic unfolded here for you. It was there waiting for you. xx

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Louise Coghlan's avatar

Thanks so much M. Thanks a million for such a supporter and friend to me always. You are the best M xx love ya lots x

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Tracy O’Brien's avatar

Welcome home Lou, I am so glad you had such an amazing adventure. Thanks for sharing Eirmear's song again, it is so uplifting xxx

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Louise Coghlan's avatar

Thanks so much T. You are the best and I couldn't have done any of it without you...I will be forever indebted to you for being such a big believer in me x

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Tracy O’Brien's avatar

Welcome home Lou, I am so glad you had such an amazing adventure. Thanks for sharing Eirmear's song again, it is so uplifting xxx

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Olivia Trotman's avatar

Welcome home Louise! Your adventure was magical to follow and watch ! So happy for you. Love you& Eimear, I listen to her in the car all the time! Xx

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Louise Coghlan's avatar

We are big Eimear fans me and you Olivia...thanks so much for always being such a great friend to me. Can't believe I actually did it....and the best part - I had the time of my life xx

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Olivia Trotman's avatar

Thank you for being you louise 💕🥰

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Louise Coghlan's avatar

Thank you for being you Olivia xxx

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Adeline Laird's avatar

Hi good to have you back again .you meet so many wonderful people over there and were so good to you I said you just felt at home you sure did have wonderful time but you deserved it all you are so good to everyone. Looking forward to hearing more . Lovely sing .

Ps hope you mum didn't miss you to much

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Louise Coghlan's avatar

Thanks so much Adeline for always being such a big believer in everything I do...I had the time of my life....it feels like a dream now ...I keep having to checking my phone to make sure it was real....Mam did miss me and I missed her too....Happy to be back together giggling together....She was such a big part of why I am brave....Love you lots Adeline xx

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Karen   LaPierre's avatar

It was so wonderful to be able to follow you on your travels, and it truly warmed my heart! Yes, and the first of many wonderful adventures for you!! Listening to you talk and then hearing that beautiful song, it truly makes me smile, and I am thankful for you, just being you! ❤️❤️🥰

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Louise Coghlan's avatar

Aww thanks so much Ka for always being on my team...you are so good to me and I'm so grateful to you always...sending loads of love to you Karen and thank you so much for being so good to me....Someday we will meet xx and it will be fab x

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Karen   LaPierre's avatar

You’re not gonna believe this, but I had entertained coming to meet you when you were in Boston. But I had to think about reality. I’m the one that has eight dogs at my house. It would have been a 3 1/2 hour drive one way And then 3 1/2 hours back to my house. Because of the dogs, I could not entertain staying over somewhere. And then the snow hit!! I was extremely discouraged to say the least. But yes, there will be another time, whether it’s here in the states or over there in Ireland! It will happen! ❤️

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John I's avatar

It's wonderful to read your story & to especially see that LWS writers have bodies and not just floating heads! 😂 I'm glad you had a wonderful time. Next time, visit Chicago. You will have a huge audience here and many places to meet them, e.g., our Irish American Heritage Center (https://irish-american.org/) and numerous pubs. Irish immigrants helped build this city, and as far as I know, we're the only city that dyes our river neon green for St. Patrick's Day (https://tinyurl.com/2p2owkha). 😮 I'm ethnically half Irish myself!

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Louise Coghlan's avatar

Can't wait to come visit you John xx Thanks so much for your enthusiasm, friendship and encouragement always. Love you lots x

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Donna Woodnorth's avatar

So glad you had a wonderful trip to the states, and have returned home safe and sound! Happy you felt all the love in NYC, Boston and the Cape! 💗☘️💗

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Louise Coghlan's avatar

Thanks so much Donna. I loved every second of it. Someday we will meet x

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Martina's avatar

Hi Louise, welcome home. you sure had an amazing trip from what I see and hear. America and her people took you to their heart but that does not surprise me in the least. I keep telling everyone what a truly amazing lady you are and in all of this adventure Louise don't forget you were the common denominator, in other words you were the thread weaving through every encounter and your love and that of Granny Nancy shone through at every get together, every event. Have a nice rest now and take good care of yourself until the next time. God bless, Hugs and loadsa love. Martina

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Louise Coghlan's avatar

Love you lots Martina xx I'm so lucky to have you in my life and I know that our two women in heaven are so thrilled we got to meet....Def another meet up on the cards over the summer. it's a must xx Sending love to you and you are always in my thoughts and prayers x

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Martina's avatar

Absolutely Louise, a meet up is a must and hopefully it will be before too long. Loads of love and have a lovely Easter break. Chat soon. Martina.

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Author Claire Addington's avatar

Wow, your words and that song held so much emotion 🤗💜 thank you so much for sharing your journey and light xx

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Louise Coghlan's avatar

Thanks sooo much Claire for your beautiful words and support always. You are the best and I appreciate it so much. Sending lots of love and light your way xx

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