Emily's Travel Recommendations 🚙✈️🚆

If I May Recommend…

Looking through Emily’s many years of blogging, she covered such a wide range of topics! Yes, she loved discussing her faith and belief in God, talking about her family, and sharing encouraging words about those going through physical trials such as she endured, but she also loved creating recommendation lists for others that she compiled from her travels.

From Nashville to Hollywood, Duck (NC) to even Scotland, Emily always wanted to share insightful tips with others. Whether at restaurants, tourist attractions worth visiting or even holes in the wall she stumbled upon herself, every city she visited had something worth experiencing. And of course we know she had a special love for bookstores!

Emily believed in living every day to the fullest and traveling (and planning trips) was a big part of her life post-transplant. We decided to compile a list of some of her best city recommendations below, and we hope you’ll leave a comment on her blog of your favorite recommendations to share as well in her honor!

US Trips

California

Chicago, Illinois

Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia

Denver, Colorado

Duck, North Carolina

Houston, TX Pt 1

Houston, TX Pt 2

Nashville, Tennessee

Scotland 2023 (Emily’s last trip)

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Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Day 5

Day 6

Day 7

Day 8

Keeping Faith, Making New Memories ❤️‍🩹

A picture from December 2024 of Emily’s parents and her niece, Maddie.

Here we are. It’s been over a year since Emily’s passing and we continue to miss her. Life has gone on as her nephew, Jude, was born, then her nieces Hailey and Maddie turned 2 and 3-years old so the celebrations didn’t slow down. They are happy and healthy as you can see.  We believe that Emily is with us as we make these new memories, including spending Christmas in Denver.

Here is a throwback post to Maddie’s 1st birthday celebration to give you an idea of how much Emily loved being an Auntie.

We know that no one has control over the future but the Lord, but we encourage you to work with Him in faith and hope of new joyful memories to come while also thanking Him for the ones you already have.

As Emily wrote in her book (which you can purchase below):

“But don’t fear what might happen. We don’t know what God will ultimately ask of us. It might lead to us drawing back, afraid of the pain, afraid of the nails. Sometimes I’ve cowered before the mountain of what I thought God was asking me. But the only way to finish it is to take the first step - and that can be to open your hands and go where God is leading you, even if the path leads us through a place of pain. God might be bringing you to glory.”

Pick up a copy of Emily’s book, Living Memento Mori:
Amazon
Ave Marie Press
Seton Shrine

"It's little, and broken, but still good"

(If you're reading this in an email, you might have to click over to see the video clip) 

"It's little, and broken, but still good." 

This is true of so many things. 

We want life to be perfect, don't we? But let's not throw the baby out with the bathwater. 

A life that is still little and broken is still good. 

Because no one isn't broken. 

Jane Eyre once described herself as poor and little. But Jesus also said that that's precisely who he came for--the poor and the little and the broken. 

So don't disdain that. Don't feel like your life isn't worth it because it's not perfect.

It's still good.