Sunday, March 16, 2008

Kiss Me, I'm Irish!


They say that everyone is Irish on St Patrick's Day. But I'm proud to say that I am Irish thanks in part to my beloved Grandma-Anna Irene McDonald. As my dear husband has said to me on many an ocassion-what's the big deal about being Irish anyway? To me, to be Irish means...


you have fortitude

you are grateful for the land

you value family and community

you have pride of God and country

you carry a song in your heart and a twinkle in your eye

you believe in the magic of the world around you

you treasure the comfort of your mother's home, a good pot of stew

and the loyalty of dear friends


And so I treasure this day in all it's revelry and celebrate all that it means to be Irish.

Happy St Patrick's Day!


to be Irish

is to embrace all that was

with the hope of all that can be


to smell the clover across oceans

to take her heart wherever life leads


to wear history like a medal

and to hear the wind whisper over the moors


from a poem by Becky Crist






1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Interesting to know.