Dear Mom,

I am glad that I am taking the time to write to you. I have been thinking about you lately. I am going to go out for St. Patrick’s Day on March 17th to the Old Shillelagh downtown this year. My friends have all been going for years, but since you left us, I have not really wanted to go. Well, it is on a Thursday this year and I am off work, so I have no excuses. We will go out around 8:00a.m. in the morning; leave the bar by 1:00p.m. in the afternoon and go to lunch. That’s right, I will be drinking before noon! I will be sure to make a toast in your name:

To Kathleen Maurer a shining example of kindness, character and grace.

I love you and I miss you.

Susie