In true fashion, the McNamara family closed April with a bang. Our day began when Megan, Chris' younger sister and her boyfriend Jonathan welcomed into the world a beautiful baby girl, Madeleine Sue around 9 AM (post to follow) and 4 hours later, the family gathered at LaSalle Academy to pay tribute to Mom, keeping her memory alive and vibrant by the planting of a weeping beech tree on the school's campus where she taught for so many years and where Dad continues to teach. There was actually some news coverage of the event and I've posted the link below, hoping it works for you. You'll need to copy and paste it I think. The reporter was Dan Haggerty, a web video journalist for the station and a former LaSalle student:
http://www.wpri.com/Global/category.asp?C=105758&nav=menu20_3_2
There were some tears, but mostly lots of fond memories and stories shared about Mom and her courageous battle and what an inspiration she was to so many people. For me, I continue to struggle with her absence, at times, having more difficulty now than I did 6 months ago but it's moments like our time at LaSalle yesterday that provide an outlet for me to miss her and grieve for her in a different way that's not so sad and heavy. The tree is beautiful and should grow up to 75 feet or more if nurtured properly but it certainly isn't as beautiful as Mom and could never be.
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