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September 15, 2023Emily DeArdoComment

Scotland was an amazing experience and once I’m over jet lag I will have so much to tell you but I’ll give you some teaser photos first!

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Hi! I'm Emily. I'm glad you're here!I'm a 16 year double lung transplant survivor, cradle Catholic, and dedicated bibliophile.My book, Living Memento Mori: My Journey Through the Stations of the Cross (Ave Maria Press) is now available!I'm also a writer/editor/researcher for Take Up & Read. Cooking, knitting, music, travel, and writing are a few of my favorite things. — Emily M. DeArdo (1982–2023) was a Catholic writer and speaker who graduated in 2004 from Capital University with a bachelor’s degree in political science and English literature. She worked for the Ohio State Senate for ten years. At age eleven, DeArdo was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis, a fatal genetic disease, and received a double-lung transplant at age twenty-three.
She wrote *Living Memento Mori: My Journey Through the Stations of the Cross.* She also contributed to several studies published by Take Up & Read in 2018 and 2019 and also self-published an eBook, *Catholic 101*. DeArdo was also a guest on *The Jennifer Fulwiler Show* on SiriusXM Radio. She was named Young Catholic Woman of the Year by the Diocese of Columbus in 2005. She was a contestant on Jeopardy! in 2016.
DeArdo, who is a Third Order Lay Dominican, lived in the Columbus, Ohio, area. Emily DeArdo has since passed away on December 31,2023 at the age of forty-one.
“I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.” 2 Timothy 4:7

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