Love, Hope and Grief for Nancy's mom "Sweet Little Ellie"
Kelly Corrigan Wonders
Kelly Corrigan Show
4.8 • 3.2K Ratings
🗓️ 26 June 2022
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
The only person who didn’t know how truly special Ellie O’Connor was, was Ellie O’Connor. A woman of action, not words she was pure magic - able to make everyone’s wishes come true, quietly, humbly. Whether it was sending a letter every single week for 5 years to her grandson who was away at college, helping with family gatherings, cooking, cleaning or giving the perfect gift, Little Ellie’s generosity of spirit made everything and everyone feel better.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Thanks for being here. Very short pod that comes out every Sunday morning as |
| 0:08.2 | Sundays are such a good time to let go of the day to day and touch base with what matters, |
| 0:13.0 | what will matter and what will have mattered. The answer to that question for me is often |
| 0:18.1 | found in ceremonies. I could watch strangers get married once a week and I'm even more |
| 0:22.7 | affected by funerals sitting in a service, taking in the story of one life. Just another |
| 0:29.1 | ordinary person who they loved and who loved them. In a way, eulogies are about the most succinct |
| 0:36.2 | source of clarity and direction I can think of. So I ask listeners who have lost someone dear |
| 0:42.5 | to share their words and every week I'll read one eulogy here so that we don't forget there is |
| 0:48.4 | a point to the pain. We have much to offer. We affect each other deeply and that ordinary |
| 0:55.4 | lives are really kind of exquisite when you look at them closely. This is Thanks for being here. |
| 1:06.4 | This week's Thanks for being here is from a woman named Nancy Walsh and she says I don't know if |
| 1:11.4 | you're still compiling these final tributes to those your listeners have loved most in the world |
| 1:15.7 | but I hope you'll continue to do so and continue to share them with us. They are so very lovely. |
| 1:21.7 | I'd like to share the eulogy my sister and I gave for our sweet mom we stood hand and hand |
| 1:27.0 | my beautiful sister so shy and nervous but committed to doing what she felt was her duty as the |
| 1:32.0 | oldest of six and me the youngest and most verbose daughter grateful to share the moment with her |
| 1:38.4 | and speak these words to and about our cherished little Ellie. It will always be one of the most |
| 1:43.9 | beautiful and heartbreaking moments of my life and it gives me joy to share it with you today. |
| 1:52.0 | Ordinarily this time of reflection is meant to provide the opportunity for family members to tell |
| 1:57.0 | everyone how special the person they have come to honor is. Looking around this church reading |
| 2:02.4 | countless stories of lives she's touched and reflecting on the extraordinary life of our mom |
| 2:07.6 | we realize that the only person who didn't know how truly special Ellie O'Connor was |
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