HAPPY BIRTHDAY NANNY!

Today is Nanny's birthday. She is 59.

N- is for nuts. Every year on her birthday, she buys her grandkids birthday gifts (and wraps

them). Why? Because noone can tell you what to do on your birthday!

A-is for angelic. Nanny goes to church at least once a day. Sometimes twice. She has 3 different

parishes she attends. My brother said he is going to heaven only by piggy-backing on her

graces.

N-is for nice. Everyone says she is nice. She is friends to many. Anything you need, just ask her.

N-is for new sandals. That is what we got her this year. Same as the girls sandals, except the

strap goes straight across her foot. Not into the toe.

Y-is for young looking. She has some gray hair, but hardly any wrinkles.

Of course, there is more to be said about my mom. She is sweet, polite, a great cook ( calzones and fried chicken strips are faves). She has a swimming pool, and anyone who wants to go swimming can, anytime. She always says her door is open to you, even if she is not home.

Everybody calls her Nanny, because that is what Tim named her when he started talking.

Nanny worked for years as a nurse at St Joseph hospital. Now she is a volunteer parish nurse at St Margaret Mary. Her parents were founding members of that parish. She, 1 of her sisters and her brother all graduated from SMM. Really, you can see their pictures on the wall. All of her grandkids have gone there. Tim and Val graduated from there, Emily is going there now, so is Connor, in preschool, and Noah goes to PSR (Parish School of Religion) there, since he goes to public school. And, all her kids, graduated from there. A lot of her life is wrapped up in that place.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NANNY! I LOVE YOU!