St. Patrick’s Day
An Ode to the Irish American Mother
5 min readMar 9, 2021
She could’ve run her 1970s world
Do you hanker for beans, hot dogs and canned brown bread on a Saturday night? Do you start running if you hear, “Jesus, Mary and Joseph,” muttered through gritted teeth? Did you ever get tiny white pleather bag with a rosary and a pocket bible as a gift? If you answer yes to any of these questions, you likely grew…
