Blarney

Happy St. Patrick’s Day. As an Irish American, I’ve celebrated this day with my brother, Patrick, throughout our lives. I’ve kissed the blarney stone in Ireland, made Irish Soda Bread annually and played the Irish drum called the bodhran in musical sessions.

I do so, even as I recognize that the story about this day is full of blarney. Saint Patrick was not a saint, was not named Patrick, didn’t wear green, and is not from Ireland where there are no snakes. Like other celebrations that have been shaped for particular purposes, I observe the parts I can and leave the rest.

What part of this day can you celebrate? What ancestry have you descended from? Ki to Happiness loves what she can on this and every holiday.