St. Patrick’s Day is this Sunday.  My maternal grandmother was Irish – her family came from Mitchelstown, Co. Cork.  

I remember certain “Irish” things about her:  her love of butter, the sheer amount of potatoes she would peel and cook every day for her family and her shamrock earrings which I got when she died.  They’re as tacky as anything, but I still think of her every time I see them in my drawer even though she’s been dead for close to 30 years.

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I wish you all a very happy St. Patrick’s Day and a great weekend.