Mary Pat Kelly Galway Bay Book

      I've marched and sang and celebrated in Chicago and now I'm on my way to NY to be in the Parade. I've been staying in Bridgeport at the wonderful Polo Cafe and Bed & Breakfast where Dave Samber is a great host. I've been walking the streets Honora and her children knew so well and thinking of how hard all of our ancestors struggled so that we could live. Thinking too of the Japanese mothers right now fighting for their children's lives as they mourn the dead. So much like Irish women who refused to give up in spite of the horrors of the Great Starvation. As Honora said "We didn't die." She prayed St. Patrick's Prayer for strength and that's my wish for all who of us --that we be surrounded by grace and protection--above us, below us, in the radiance of the moon and the warmth of the sun and that we are all held in the palm of God's hand. Slainte!!!!!