It was all about Mom
It hasn't been an easy 3 weeks...there have been so many tears (but not enough), so many laughs (but not enough). Thank you for your expressions of sympathy and sorrow. Mom was so much more (as we all are) than her physical body. What follows is the eulogy that I read at Our Lady of Peace 2 weeks ago. "Irene is small, but so is a stick of dynamite – this was written in her yearbook from Stratford High, in 1955. It pretty much sums up who she was. Mom wore a size 2 shoe, was four foot nine, needed blocks on cars she drove to reach the gas and brake until cars began to be made with more adjustable seats. Size, however, had little to do with her voice, her attitude, or her personality. Some of the words used to describe her include spunky, vivacious, funny, sweet, kind, charming, sparkling. She made people feel at home, no matter where she was or who she was with. Her golf clubs looked bigger than she was. If you ever golfed with her, you knew she could ...