Author Joyce Oroz: When Irish Eyes Are Smiling.........by Joyce Oroz

Sunday, August 19, 2012

When Irish Eyes Are Smiling.........by Joyce Oroz

Because I am one-fourth Irish, I will pass on to you an old Irish prayer.

“May you live as long as you want and may you never want for anything.”

I wonder where the Irish find such wisdom? And where does all that singing and dancing come from? Must be from the “pixies.”

My husband and I attended an Irish wedding yesterday. Today I’m still on a kelly-green cloud, floating over the hills of Aptos, remembering the beautiful people, music and food, not to mention a spectacular view of the ocean. Great-grandfather Kinnicutt would have approved!

God bless Ryan and Kelly

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