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Kelly Corrigan Wonders

Thanks For Being Here Kelly's Eulogy for her Mom

Kelly Corrigan Wonders

Kelly Corrigan Show

Society & Culture

4.93.3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2024

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Hi all - this is Tammy writing.  This past Tuesday, June 4th, 2024, I had the honor of attending the funeral service for Kelly's mom, the indomitable Mary Corrigan - lovingly known as "Jammy" to her six grandkids.  I also had the privilege of witnessing a very tight, special family gather around their remarkable matriarch at the end of her life.  We all have that one friend whose mom was maybe a little bit intimidating when we were younger but who we respected the hell out of and wanted desperately to like us - that was Mrs. Corrigan for me.  I was thrilled that as I got older, she actually did seem to like me.  I remember one time when I stopped by in recent years, she invited me to sit in her beautiful living room at 168 Wooded Lane and proceeded to ask me questions about my life, and talked with me for over an hour.  Another time when I visited, she sat me at her kitchen table and showed me how, when watching football on TV, I could look at the little arrows on the scoreboard to determine which team currently had the ball - I felt like I had hit the lottery.  When Mary Corrigan shined her light on you, it was unforgettable.One thing (among many) that the Corrigan family does very well is honor and celebrate family.  GT, Booker and Kelly each delivered a moving, intimate, often humorous eulogy for their one-of-a-kind mom, in front of the hundreds of people who filled St. Thomas of Villanova church to honor her this past Tuesday. Today, we're sharing Kelly's. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hi everyone, welcome to thanks for being here, a short weekly pod to remind us of the many essential

0:06.0

and beautiful ways we affect one another. Every Sunday I'll read a submission from a listener

0:12.3

of Kelly Corrigan Wonders, could be wedding vows or about

0:15.5

mitzvah toast, a eulogy or retirement speech.

0:19.1

We believe this is probably the loveliest way to tap into our better selves and remember our highest values.

0:26.2

We encourage you to share this podcast each week with one person you love, maybe someone

0:30.9

you miss and need to bring closer,

0:33.0

someone you want to feel your appreciation or admiration or both.

0:38.0

This is thanks for being here is my eulogy for my mom. Okay here we go. Here's what you'd learn walking

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around the first floor of my mother's house.

1:02.8

She loved games, backgammon, rummy cube, dominoes.

1:07.1

You'd know she was a bridge champion

1:08.8

because many wood boxes and crystal bowls

1:12.1

would tell you what year she won which tournament.

1:15.0

You'd know she didn't waste money because of various stacks of paper-clipped coupons,

1:20.0

and you'd know that her favorite products to save on were suave body wash and rubbing alcohol.

1:27.0

You'd see that she read the paper and did the Sudoku and the jumble.

1:31.0

You'd figure out that she had asthma by the inhalers in every drawer and that she liked

1:36.0

her nails neat by the files next to each inhaler.

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You would gather from her vintage pots and pans that she did not cook much and from the

1:45.1

tiny dregs of Cheetos that she kept rolled and rubber banded that she didn't eat much.

1:52.2

You would find under her placement bills, dividend checks, bank statements.

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