Post by IrishGal on Jan 21, 2013 3:54:10 GMT -5
Well here you go UPDATE #13 is here!!
It’s been a long ninety minute drive we finally arrived in Derry Damian kissed me on my cheek and said “wake up my love we’re home” I whimpered a bit opened my eyes and sat up “Welcome Home Alyssa!” said Keith I smiled knowing that I’m home now where I belong just like my mom said I belong here in Ireland we all got out of the car and Keith and Treena helped Damian and I grab our things Keith grabbed the only box I had brought with me which was my whole Celtic Thunder Collection I grabbed my carry-on bag and my two suitcases and Damian grabbed his two suitcases and his carry-on bag as soon as we got inside we set
everything in a corner of the living room until we were ready to take our things upstairs “mum, dad I’d like you to meet my fiancé Alyssa” Damian’s mum gave me a hug and said “welcome to the family Alyssa! Damian dear she’s perfect!” I shook hands with Damian’s father and he smiled “Welcome to the family lass! Son, she’s perfect fer ya!” I smiled and said “so wonderful to meet
you Mr. and Mrs. McGinty!” “Please dear, you can call us mum and dad” I smiled and blushed “Damian’s mum and dad went over to Keith and Treena to say hello “would you two like to stay for dinner? it’s Damian’s favorite Irish Stew tonight!” “Sure we’d love to!” said Keith “mum that’s Alyssa’s favorite dinner too her mum made it for her all the time!” said Damian “really? That’s fantastic! We’ll sit down at dinner and talk about your family at dinner how about that Alyssa?” said Damian’s mum “I wouldn’t mind at all!” I said “mum we’re going upstairs to unpack our
things!” “alright dear! We’ll call ye when dinner is ready!” Keith, Treena, Damian, and I each grabbed something I grabbed my suitcases and Damian grabbed his suitcases Treena grabbed mine and Damian’s carry-on bags and Keith grabbed my box that had my Celtic Thunder collection in it and we headed upstairs. When we reached Damian’s room Damian said “this is your room
now too my love and this is our bed” we set everything down and began to unpack Keith hung up the Celtic Thunder posters and pulled out my purple keepsake box that had my tin whistle
pictures of the lads and other little things I pulled out framed photos of Uncle Neil, Dad Ryan I miss them so much I sat down
and pulled out my phone and text Ryan and Neil “we’re home Keith and Treena are staying for dinner and they’re helping us unpack I miss you both so much and hope you are both well see
you both in a week for the viewing of my wedding dress! Love you Uncle Neil and dad! Alyssa. After an hour we finished all the unpacking, not a moment too soon “Alyssa, Damian, Keith,Treena
dinner is ready!” “Ok mom!” Damian and I said at the same time we all headed downstairs and sat at the table we took hands and Damian’s mom said “Alyssa dear would you like to say the blessing?” “of course mum!” we all bowed our heads and I began to pray “dear lord we thank you for this day and we thank you that everyone in the Celtic Thunder family made it home safely, lord we pray that you would bless this dinner that we are about to enjoy as a family in your name we pray, AMEN” “that
was wonderful my love!” said Damian “thanks my handsome Irish man! It was always my job to pray when we had potluck at my church in my hometown” I said. Damian kissed me again and then we started a conversation about me mum “So Alyssa tell us a bit about yer mum” said Damian’s mum “well me mum used to live here in Ireland, she immigrated to The United States when she was twenty three to start anew in America she has dual
citizenship never gave up her Irish Citizenship and to this day the American officials are still trying to get her to give it up but she refuses to I have to say me mum is pretty tough she wishes she could come home to Ireland but she was tellin’ me that Ireland holds too many memories for her although she would try to come visit when I’m not on tour and thanks to me mum I’m
well on me way to becoming an Irish citizen I’ve already filled out the papers and Damian and I plan to go turn in the papers tomorrow!” “That’s wonderful! So are you going for dual citizenship or total Irish citizenship?” said Damian’s dad “I’m going for total Irish citizenship after all me mum told me this is where I belong” “that’s wonderful!” said Damian’s mum. We continued to talk for a while during dinner then after dinner me
Treena, Damian, and Keith went back upstairs we spent time playing guitar and singing and we began talking and Keith said "Treena darling whay arent you doing what Alyssa and Meagan are doing?" Treena hesitated for a moment the she began to talk about it " Keith, i was never really American either my family and I left Ireland when I was five years old because of me dad's job so i never gave up my Irish Citizenship!" Keith was shocked Damian and i were shocked we had no idea that Treena had once lived in Ireland!"after spending some time together talking about it we took another picture to add to Twitter and facebook then we said our goodbyes to Keith and Treena they promised to come visit when they could they left to go meet Keith's parents. After Keith and Treena left, Damian and I pulled out our laptops and posted our photos to facebook and twitter and I changed my current location to Derry, Ireland and I changed my relationship status to engaged to Damian McGinty
almost instantly I got over two hundred likes and a bunch of comments I even tweeted it on twitter and dad Ryan, uncle Neil and all the lads commented on my tweet this is amazing! Damian and I were tired we changed into our night clothes and crawled into bed tomorrow is the day we go turn in my citizenship application! “goodnight my love” said Damian “goodnight my handsome irish man” we kissed each other softly on the lips and pulled each other close and fell asleep. The next morning we went to turn in my citizenship papers and they took the copy of me mum’s photo and proof that she was born in Ireland and her proof of Irish citizenship. It didn’t take long to set everything up and they told me that they’d be in contact with me in two weeks. After we got done with applying for my citizenship my phone rang
it was Emmet! I answered the phone and said “hey Emmet! What’s the craic?” “Meagan and I are engaged!!! “Oh my gosh! Emmet! That’s wonderful! Congratulations!!!” “Haha thought you’d say that and thanks!!! Oh I almost forgot! Did you go apply for your citizenship?” “I sure did! I should know within two weeks whether I’ve been accepted or not!!” “Yay! That’s awesome!” “Thanks Emmet! I’m excited too!” “Well I better go Meagan and I are going out to dinner tonight oh and my parents love Meagan! “Ah cool! Damian’s mum and dad loved me
too!” “That’s great I miss you Alyssa!” “I miss you too Emmet!” “Talk to you again soon ok?” “Ok bye Emmet!” “bye Alyssa!” Damian and I high fived each other and were happy to hear Emmet and Meagan were engaged! And then I got a text from Keith “Treena and I are engaged!! me mum and dad approved of Treena entirely and i proposed to her right then and there!” he attached a picture of him and Treena showing the beautiful emerald Claudaugh ring Keith got for her I showed the text to Damian and we both smiled and Text back to Keith “hooray!! Congratulations you
two!! Emmet and Meagan are engaged now as well!! so glad the meeting went well!!” “This is so exciting what could happen next?!” I said “I’m not sure but I’m sure it’s going to be good!” said Damian. Two weeks later, something good did happen my citizenship application was accepted! I text everyone in the Celtic Thunder family letting them know of the great news! I told them the date of the Ceremony 1 August 2013 and everyone sad they’d be there! One
week later the first of August came the ceremony was to be at 13:00 PM (1:00 PM) Damian and I got dressed up and ready to go I wore my ROTC Uniform with all my ribbons and my new nametag he had made since I was no longer going to be a Schaefer but a I read the note that my Senor Chief put in the
box with my uniform and a navy medal of honor it said Dear Alyssa, you may have no idea why I sent your uniform back to you but here is the reason I sent it back you deserve this uniform you sacrificed Navy ROTC and left for Ireland to save Ryan! now that is an honorable thing of you to do and i know how much you wanted to join the Navy but now that you have donated a kidney it won't be possible so i wanted you to keep this uniform to commemorate your bravery Alyssa i'm proud of you you've come a long way since your Freshman year in High School here at West Mesa i wish you the best of luck in your future with your husband! Senior Chief i put the letter away and we headed to where the ceremony was to be the whole Celtic Thunder family was there! Uncle Neil, Dad Ryan, Emmet, Colm, Keith, Treena, Declan, Barry, Seana, Nicole, Laura, and David and some of the Celtic Thunder
Crew the ceremony began I took a deep breath as they sent me in and I stopped where I was told to stop at “Mrs. Alyssa McGinty please step forward” I stepped forward I was nervous “please raise your right hand and repeat after me” I raised my right hand and I began to take the oath “I Alyssa McGinty” “I Alyssa McGinty” “do solemnly swear” “do solemnly swear” “true faith
and allegiance to the constitution of the Irish Free State” “true faith and allegiance to the constitution of the Irish Free State” “to the Treaty of Association” “to the Treaty of Association” “and to recognize the King of Great Britain as Head of Associated States” “and to recognize the King of Great Britain as Head of Associated States “Congratulations Mrs. Alyssa McGinty you are now an official Citizen of Ireland! Welcome!” the judge handed me my certificate and the Irish news took my
picture and the Irish news station filmed the whole thing and interviewed me “how does it feel to finally be a citizen of Ireland” the reporter asked I smiled and said it is truly an amazing thing! This is honestly a very proud moment for me” after the tv interview we all had a party to celebrate Emmet and Keith finally being engaged to their gals and celebrating me being an Irish
Citizen at last! "Alyssa, we have a very special guest who was at your ceremony this afternoon who came all the way from New Mexico and he would like to present you with something very special" said Emmet. At that moment my School's ROTC Color Guard came in with the United States Flag,Ireland's Flag, and The Navy flag i was shocked and right behind the Color Guard was my Senior Chief "COLOR GUARD HALT!" shouted Deja one of my best friends from ROTC she shot a quick smile at me and then went back to frowning typical for military bearing my Senior Chief stepped forward and smiled at me with Damian, dad Ryan and Uncle Neil standing beside me i smiled and my Senior Chief smiled back he finally reached me and said "hello Alyssa" "Senior Chief! Sir" i popped to attention and saluted him and he laughed a little bit "at ease" " for your intense bravery in saving Ryan Kelly's life
and giving up your future in the Navy to save a life i present to you the Navy Medal of Honor!" I stepped forward and he placed it around my neck under my collar" he stepped back and saluted me and i saluted back and smiled after the medal of honor presentation the color guard gals went and put the flags away then they came running back in and surrounded me and gave me hugs and congratulations as i was getting married in October on my birthday to Damian "we'll be sure to be in attendance of your
wedding in Little Rock,Arkansas on 8th of October!" said Senior Chief it has truly been an amazing first four weeks in Ireland thank god I’m home at last where I belong just like me mum had said. “The lads took a picture of Damian and I holding my certificate and kissing to show how happy we are! “I love you my handsome Irish man!” “I love you too my forever Irish gal!”
we then took a Celtic Thunder family picture of me with my certificate. After the party we all headed home and Damian and I drove nail into the wall in our room and put my certificate up on the wall and we stood back and admired the certificate “Welcome
Home my love” said Damian I smiled and said “Thank You my love I’m glad to be here” we kissed once more changed into our night clothes, got into bed, pulled each other close, kissed each other, said goodnight and fell asleep.
Yay!!! i'm officially an Irish Citizen! i've got my wedding dress now too!! everything is now set for the MYTHOLOGY Tour and mine and Damian's wedding on October 8th in Little Rock,Arkansas at the end of the show now we just have to Help Emmmet and Meagan and Treena and Keith plan their weddings i am totally enjoying myself in Ireland! i'm glad that i'm a citizen now too! be looking out for UPDATE #14!!
It’s been a long ninety minute drive we finally arrived in Derry Damian kissed me on my cheek and said “wake up my love we’re home” I whimpered a bit opened my eyes and sat up “Welcome Home Alyssa!” said Keith I smiled knowing that I’m home now where I belong just like my mom said I belong here in Ireland we all got out of the car and Keith and Treena helped Damian and I grab our things Keith grabbed the only box I had brought with me which was my whole Celtic Thunder Collection I grabbed my carry-on bag and my two suitcases and Damian grabbed his two suitcases and his carry-on bag as soon as we got inside we set
everything in a corner of the living room until we were ready to take our things upstairs “mum, dad I’d like you to meet my fiancé Alyssa” Damian’s mum gave me a hug and said “welcome to the family Alyssa! Damian dear she’s perfect!” I shook hands with Damian’s father and he smiled “Welcome to the family lass! Son, she’s perfect fer ya!” I smiled and said “so wonderful to meet
you Mr. and Mrs. McGinty!” “Please dear, you can call us mum and dad” I smiled and blushed “Damian’s mum and dad went over to Keith and Treena to say hello “would you two like to stay for dinner? it’s Damian’s favorite Irish Stew tonight!” “Sure we’d love to!” said Keith “mum that’s Alyssa’s favorite dinner too her mum made it for her all the time!” said Damian “really? That’s fantastic! We’ll sit down at dinner and talk about your family at dinner how about that Alyssa?” said Damian’s mum “I wouldn’t mind at all!” I said “mum we’re going upstairs to unpack our
things!” “alright dear! We’ll call ye when dinner is ready!” Keith, Treena, Damian, and I each grabbed something I grabbed my suitcases and Damian grabbed his suitcases Treena grabbed mine and Damian’s carry-on bags and Keith grabbed my box that had my Celtic Thunder collection in it and we headed upstairs. When we reached Damian’s room Damian said “this is your room
now too my love and this is our bed” we set everything down and began to unpack Keith hung up the Celtic Thunder posters and pulled out my purple keepsake box that had my tin whistle
pictures of the lads and other little things I pulled out framed photos of Uncle Neil, Dad Ryan I miss them so much I sat down
and pulled out my phone and text Ryan and Neil “we’re home Keith and Treena are staying for dinner and they’re helping us unpack I miss you both so much and hope you are both well see
you both in a week for the viewing of my wedding dress! Love you Uncle Neil and dad! Alyssa. After an hour we finished all the unpacking, not a moment too soon “Alyssa, Damian, Keith,Treena
dinner is ready!” “Ok mom!” Damian and I said at the same time we all headed downstairs and sat at the table we took hands and Damian’s mom said “Alyssa dear would you like to say the blessing?” “of course mum!” we all bowed our heads and I began to pray “dear lord we thank you for this day and we thank you that everyone in the Celtic Thunder family made it home safely, lord we pray that you would bless this dinner that we are about to enjoy as a family in your name we pray, AMEN” “that
was wonderful my love!” said Damian “thanks my handsome Irish man! It was always my job to pray when we had potluck at my church in my hometown” I said. Damian kissed me again and then we started a conversation about me mum “So Alyssa tell us a bit about yer mum” said Damian’s mum “well me mum used to live here in Ireland, she immigrated to The United States when she was twenty three to start anew in America she has dual
citizenship never gave up her Irish Citizenship and to this day the American officials are still trying to get her to give it up but she refuses to I have to say me mum is pretty tough she wishes she could come home to Ireland but she was tellin’ me that Ireland holds too many memories for her although she would try to come visit when I’m not on tour and thanks to me mum I’m
well on me way to becoming an Irish citizen I’ve already filled out the papers and Damian and I plan to go turn in the papers tomorrow!” “That’s wonderful! So are you going for dual citizenship or total Irish citizenship?” said Damian’s dad “I’m going for total Irish citizenship after all me mum told me this is where I belong” “that’s wonderful!” said Damian’s mum. We continued to talk for a while during dinner then after dinner me
Treena, Damian, and Keith went back upstairs we spent time playing guitar and singing and we began talking and Keith said "Treena darling whay arent you doing what Alyssa and Meagan are doing?" Treena hesitated for a moment the she began to talk about it " Keith, i was never really American either my family and I left Ireland when I was five years old because of me dad's job so i never gave up my Irish Citizenship!" Keith was shocked Damian and i were shocked we had no idea that Treena had once lived in Ireland!"after spending some time together talking about it we took another picture to add to Twitter and facebook then we said our goodbyes to Keith and Treena they promised to come visit when they could they left to go meet Keith's parents. After Keith and Treena left, Damian and I pulled out our laptops and posted our photos to facebook and twitter and I changed my current location to Derry, Ireland and I changed my relationship status to engaged to Damian McGinty
almost instantly I got over two hundred likes and a bunch of comments I even tweeted it on twitter and dad Ryan, uncle Neil and all the lads commented on my tweet this is amazing! Damian and I were tired we changed into our night clothes and crawled into bed tomorrow is the day we go turn in my citizenship application! “goodnight my love” said Damian “goodnight my handsome irish man” we kissed each other softly on the lips and pulled each other close and fell asleep. The next morning we went to turn in my citizenship papers and they took the copy of me mum’s photo and proof that she was born in Ireland and her proof of Irish citizenship. It didn’t take long to set everything up and they told me that they’d be in contact with me in two weeks. After we got done with applying for my citizenship my phone rang
it was Emmet! I answered the phone and said “hey Emmet! What’s the craic?” “Meagan and I are engaged!!! “Oh my gosh! Emmet! That’s wonderful! Congratulations!!!” “Haha thought you’d say that and thanks!!! Oh I almost forgot! Did you go apply for your citizenship?” “I sure did! I should know within two weeks whether I’ve been accepted or not!!” “Yay! That’s awesome!” “Thanks Emmet! I’m excited too!” “Well I better go Meagan and I are going out to dinner tonight oh and my parents love Meagan! “Ah cool! Damian’s mum and dad loved me
too!” “That’s great I miss you Alyssa!” “I miss you too Emmet!” “Talk to you again soon ok?” “Ok bye Emmet!” “bye Alyssa!” Damian and I high fived each other and were happy to hear Emmet and Meagan were engaged! And then I got a text from Keith “Treena and I are engaged!! me mum and dad approved of Treena entirely and i proposed to her right then and there!” he attached a picture of him and Treena showing the beautiful emerald Claudaugh ring Keith got for her I showed the text to Damian and we both smiled and Text back to Keith “hooray!! Congratulations you
two!! Emmet and Meagan are engaged now as well!! so glad the meeting went well!!” “This is so exciting what could happen next?!” I said “I’m not sure but I’m sure it’s going to be good!” said Damian. Two weeks later, something good did happen my citizenship application was accepted! I text everyone in the Celtic Thunder family letting them know of the great news! I told them the date of the Ceremony 1 August 2013 and everyone sad they’d be there! One
week later the first of August came the ceremony was to be at 13:00 PM (1:00 PM) Damian and I got dressed up and ready to go I wore my ROTC Uniform with all my ribbons and my new nametag he had made since I was no longer going to be a Schaefer but a I read the note that my Senor Chief put in the
box with my uniform and a navy medal of honor it said Dear Alyssa, you may have no idea why I sent your uniform back to you but here is the reason I sent it back you deserve this uniform you sacrificed Navy ROTC and left for Ireland to save Ryan! now that is an honorable thing of you to do and i know how much you wanted to join the Navy but now that you have donated a kidney it won't be possible so i wanted you to keep this uniform to commemorate your bravery Alyssa i'm proud of you you've come a long way since your Freshman year in High School here at West Mesa i wish you the best of luck in your future with your husband! Senior Chief i put the letter away and we headed to where the ceremony was to be the whole Celtic Thunder family was there! Uncle Neil, Dad Ryan, Emmet, Colm, Keith, Treena, Declan, Barry, Seana, Nicole, Laura, and David and some of the Celtic Thunder
Crew the ceremony began I took a deep breath as they sent me in and I stopped where I was told to stop at “Mrs. Alyssa McGinty please step forward” I stepped forward I was nervous “please raise your right hand and repeat after me” I raised my right hand and I began to take the oath “I Alyssa McGinty” “I Alyssa McGinty” “do solemnly swear” “do solemnly swear” “true faith
and allegiance to the constitution of the Irish Free State” “true faith and allegiance to the constitution of the Irish Free State” “to the Treaty of Association” “to the Treaty of Association” “and to recognize the King of Great Britain as Head of Associated States” “and to recognize the King of Great Britain as Head of Associated States “Congratulations Mrs. Alyssa McGinty you are now an official Citizen of Ireland! Welcome!” the judge handed me my certificate and the Irish news took my
picture and the Irish news station filmed the whole thing and interviewed me “how does it feel to finally be a citizen of Ireland” the reporter asked I smiled and said it is truly an amazing thing! This is honestly a very proud moment for me” after the tv interview we all had a party to celebrate Emmet and Keith finally being engaged to their gals and celebrating me being an Irish
Citizen at last! "Alyssa, we have a very special guest who was at your ceremony this afternoon who came all the way from New Mexico and he would like to present you with something very special" said Emmet. At that moment my School's ROTC Color Guard came in with the United States Flag,Ireland's Flag, and The Navy flag i was shocked and right behind the Color Guard was my Senior Chief "COLOR GUARD HALT!" shouted Deja one of my best friends from ROTC she shot a quick smile at me and then went back to frowning typical for military bearing my Senior Chief stepped forward and smiled at me with Damian, dad Ryan and Uncle Neil standing beside me i smiled and my Senior Chief smiled back he finally reached me and said "hello Alyssa" "Senior Chief! Sir" i popped to attention and saluted him and he laughed a little bit "at ease" " for your intense bravery in saving Ryan Kelly's life
and giving up your future in the Navy to save a life i present to you the Navy Medal of Honor!" I stepped forward and he placed it around my neck under my collar" he stepped back and saluted me and i saluted back and smiled after the medal of honor presentation the color guard gals went and put the flags away then they came running back in and surrounded me and gave me hugs and congratulations as i was getting married in October on my birthday to Damian "we'll be sure to be in attendance of your
wedding in Little Rock,Arkansas on 8th of October!" said Senior Chief it has truly been an amazing first four weeks in Ireland thank god I’m home at last where I belong just like me mum had said. “The lads took a picture of Damian and I holding my certificate and kissing to show how happy we are! “I love you my handsome Irish man!” “I love you too my forever Irish gal!”
we then took a Celtic Thunder family picture of me with my certificate. After the party we all headed home and Damian and I drove nail into the wall in our room and put my certificate up on the wall and we stood back and admired the certificate “Welcome
Home my love” said Damian I smiled and said “Thank You my love I’m glad to be here” we kissed once more changed into our night clothes, got into bed, pulled each other close, kissed each other, said goodnight and fell asleep.
Yay!!! i'm officially an Irish Citizen! i've got my wedding dress now too!! everything is now set for the MYTHOLOGY Tour and mine and Damian's wedding on October 8th in Little Rock,Arkansas at the end of the show now we just have to Help Emmmet and Meagan and Treena and Keith plan their weddings i am totally enjoying myself in Ireland! i'm glad that i'm a citizen now too! be looking out for UPDATE #14!!