Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Saturday is March 17th, St. Patrick's Day! It is a time of year like that I am very aware of my Irish heritage. I love the story of the shamrock used by Patrick to explain the Trinity to the Irish pagans. Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.


When I was a little girl in grade school, although I had been baptised and read part of the Bible and knew Jesus' story and teachings, in the spring I would search through the patches of clover in our yard, not looking at the many 3-leafed clovers there but for the special "lucky" 4 leaf clover". My family wasn't religious at all so I got no corrections at home. When I would find a 4 leaf clover I would feel the magic of luck taking over my life! I had forgotten anything to do with the real meaning from my Irish heritage of this plant. Instead it was now infused with magical powers that would make my life ever so much better because of the luck I would now inherit from my discovery of the rare treasure in nature...the 4 leaf clover!


It would take most of my adult life to rid myself of luckiness. My imaginary friend when I was very little was named "Lucky" a cowboy who rode with Hopalong Cassiday. He went everywhere with me and I could talk to him at anytime and he would be there. I lived a very religious  childhood as well as a magical imaginary one. It all probably protected me from the horrible abuse at home. I went through many spiritual cleansings until one day I emerged with no belief at all in luck or accidents either! But most very observant people don't have those beliefs either. It is easier to find the truth of a situation if you are rid of such notions.


Believe me, it wasn't easy to arrive at this more solid ground, this truer line of thinking. I was someone people wanted to touch for good luck!


So hopefully, I will represent in this world the truer meaning of St. Patrick's Day and the gift he gave to the Irish, symbolized by this plant, the shamrock, the common 3 leafed clover! May you find your rainbow in one!