My Big Irish Family
Sometimes I don't really think about it, but when I am with them all I realize how lucky I am to have my big Irish family. Many people couldn't even name a second cousin, but for me it seems that I could go on all day listing family members. I take for granted how close my family is and what a strong bond we have. I know that any one of my cousins or aunts or uncles would be there for me any time that I ask them to be. I am so lucky to be that girl who has the family with the history and the heritage. I love all of those late nights listening to my aunts talking about their fathers' stories from growing up in Ireland. I know that not everyone gets the opportunity to hear the stories from the pasts of their grandparents living in a world completely different from the one that we live in here and now. I just wanted to share how proud I am to be Irish, and I will never forget how lucky I am to have inherited this wonderful heritage.
