Wednesday, May 20, 2015
I wish I could be there in person, unfortunately I cannot. There are many times I wish I could have been there in person. When I was with my Grandma I always had a great time, I don't have a single bad memory of her or of any of my few visits to Hope and my relations there. The last visit I had there was summer 2007 and I was pregnant with my last child. My favourite memory of that visit was when Aunt Sally said my bump looked like I was carrying a boy and Grandma disagreed very strongly and said "oh no she doesn't! That's definitely going to be a girl!" Well Grandma was right! My daughter is named Hope and she hasn't ever been there and she never met her Great Grandma but she has always known about Florence and where her name comes from. Jois (pronounced Joyce) loved her Great Grandma so much that when she made her confirmation in 2012 and had to take a Saints name she chose Florence but not for the Saint..shhhh, don't tell the priest! Love and light to you, Grandma, from all of us here in Ireland xxxxx