What touhed my soul this week.

Soulful Friday

What touched my soul this week.

Words cannot describe how happy it makes me to see my flowers bloom out.

Purple Clematis

First white Clematis.

And look at the the future blooms. Hooray

Flowers from my daughter for Mother's Day.

Calla lilies

Remembering my mom who passed into eternal life in 1982. She had not known me for 4 years as a result of alzheimer's. 

When I see her next she will remember me and I will rejoice in seeing her remembering me.

My mom at age 16.
1929

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A Soulful Life-On the topic of immigration.

 

 

 

A Soulful Life

 

 

Looking back over this week and stopping to think about deeper things in life than Christmas decoration, very important.

 

Not that Christmas and decorations are not important but some profound ideas to share.

 

Taking a cue from  Suzy Mae's A Soulful
Life blog today I am going to focus on the little I know about my ancestors migration to the U.S.

Maternal side from England to Maryland in US due to persecution of Catholics.
From MD. to Ky. for opportunities. Wonderful stories of  establishing Catholic faith in Ky.

Paternal side from Ireland as indentured servants.
They were paid by American to come here and work for the benefactors until a certain and were promised ownership of a piece of property.
That never happened.

England wanted to empty Ireland, because Catholic, and England needed the land for the English.

My family were all involved in the tavern business and whiskey and the alcoholism came down through my family at a high rate.

This is not hearsay, I have it all from genealogy research.

'The Gangs of New York" tell the story of the Irish struggles.


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