thanks to irish american magazine, i spoke of having grown up in a family that represents all three sides of the trinity, the catholic of my mother's family, the shields of the conroys and the protestant irish side. an english immigrant grandfather in my family. i grew up with another grandfather who never had a drink in his life because he saw the damage it had done to our people. what i didn't get to today in my acceptance is how the love of us, the children of this union, protestant and catholic united all of us, how we found not just peace but love in a family that came from irish traditions. this is why i was so happy to cover the good friday agreement that ended the troubles in ireland. i'm still hopeful for peace in ireland and in god's good time unity. i can't thank the folks enough