May the Road Rise with You
Go n-éirí an bother leat.
May the road rise with you.
I couldn’t be more Irish if I tried… Irish on both sides of my family tree, back to the dawn of time… so Irish, in fact, that we even have a family B
anshee. So how remiss of me it would be not to share with you some of my favorite Irish Blessings.
The Irish have such a long and cherished tradition of kindness and generosity toward family, friends and strangers, alike, that proffered verbal blessings have blossomed with as much fertility as everything else in the Emerald Isle.
This fact, combined with Irish loquaciousness and their love of beauty and poetry, has resulted in such an abundance of good wishes to be shared at the drop of a shamrock, that the task of picking favorites becomes quite a lengthy and loving adventure.
Herewith, a few of my own faves to wish you the joy of soft rain and easy roads…of a full glass and a full heart… of laughter to cheer you and all you love near you…and a direct line to your Guardian Angel for those occasions when a helping hand or the brush of a wing would be just what you need to see you through…
Or to put it another, very Irish way, may a pocket full of gold be the least of your riches,
And a few that are short, but, nonetheless, sweet in their intent…
And because we Irish are as practical, as we are whimsical:
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DEAR CATHY,
I AM ALWAYS SO HAPPY TO RECEIVE YOUR LOVELY MESSAGES.
MAY I WISH YOU A WONDERFUL ST.PATRICK’S DAY.
LOVE, JEANNIE
Thank you, my dear Jeannie! I hope every Irish Blessing is yours this St. Patrick’s day and throughout the year.
Love, Cathy
Thank you lovely friend for the many blessings and pictures of the green land . We miss the green this time of year. Friends are coming for a meal and we’ll be lifting our glasses and thinking of you on this fair night.
How lovely to hear from you! So pleased the photos of the green hills evoked happy memories for you, as they did for Dakota and me. Thanks for the lifted glass and the sweet wishes with it…I hope this year showers many of those dear Irish blessings on both our cottages…
Top o the mornin’ to ye! I’m wearing the green!
Gerry
And to you, my dear! But to tell the truth, with your face and mine, we don’t need to wear green to tell the world we’re Irish. Have fun today…I think there’s a special dispensation for merriment!