Ireland

I live near my aunt, Ann. She has lived in Ohio since the 1970's, but Ireland is still her home. She and her two sisters made a place for themselves in America and raised their children here, and now have grandchildren here, but all three returned to Ireland as life allowed.

I also go to my mother's original home as often as possible, and that is never enough. I get homesick for a country I was not born in. My mother worked in this farm yard, and went to a two room school.
As a New Yorker, I cannot imagine such a rural upbringing. The photos of that time bring to life a part of my mother I have never known. They show me the life my aunts and uncles lived before me, and the family I did not have the opportunity to meet.