Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

“May the road rise up to meet you. May the wind be always at your back.”

– Irish Blessing

Do You Have a Favourite St. Paddy’s Day Memory?

One that comes to mind for me goes back a coupla decades 🙂

A year or two before John passed away (so 1998/99), we walked to our nearest pub for green beer & wings on a snowy St. Patrick’s Day evening. We sat for a couple of hours, drinking beer and chatting.

Then, before walking back home, we stopped at the 7-Eleven (“The Sev”) and, for some odd reason, bought a bunch of candy – the kind we used to buy as kids – and ate that all the way home.

I don’t remember what we talked about that night. I just remember the feeling I had…I was so happy. I loved just hanging out with him…just the two of us talking about life. That’s what I missed the most after he died. It’s the little things, isn’t it, that often end up meaning the most?

Here’s another fun memory…this is me & Soda Pope in our 2012 St. Paddy’s Day photo shoot:

Maryanne Pope is the author of A Widow’s Awakening, the playwright of Saviour and the screenwriter of God’s Country. Maryanne is CEO of Pink Gazelle Productions and a Director with the John Petropoulos Memorial Fund. To receive her weekly blog, Weekly Words of Wisdom, subscribe here.