When Bridie returned to the States, she matted and framed one of her rubbings, and gave it to her brother and sister-in-law as a gift. Her rubbings received many compliments, but Bridie put her talent on the back burner to run a home for battered women with the Franciscan Sisters. They also opened a home for homeless men. Bridie later married the love of her life, and for the past twenty years she has been a stay at home mom to raise her three girls. Although many years had gone by, Bridie still felt the urge to help the abandoned and abused, especially the children. In October of '99, with the support of her husband, Bridie returned to Ireland to fulfill this dream. She started her one-woman business, Irish to the Core, which specializes in the reproduction and sale of her artwork. With each print sold, Irish to the Core will donate a percentage to the accounts of St. Anthony's Design and Our Lady of the Street. These accounts will provide a refuge for the abused and the abandoned, and a home for the poor to stay.