Memories of Aunt Eileen
One spring my Mom, Gina, Annie and I drove to Maryland to visit the McKennas. We stopped in New York to pick up Aunt Grace who was going to "help" Mom with the driving - that's another story! Of course we also stopped to visit Aunt Eileen who gave us treats for the trip - chocolates, cookies, doughnuts and the biggest bag of black jelly beans I have ever seen in my life! We put the bag between us in the back seat and dug into the bag up to our elbows - I was in my glory!! I will always think of Aunt Eileen when I eat black jelly beans xoxo.
Our wedding gifts from Aunt Eileen were two beautiful handmade afgans - one pink and one green. Eileen told me that she made them so Jake and I could stay warm during the cold New Hampshire winters. She also made it clear that the pink was for me and the green was for Jake - I think she wanted to make sure we didn't share:) She was right - they do keep us warm, but we have to share them...with Maggie and Emma...never with eachother. It just wouldn't seem right.