Yesterday my Facebook author’s page featured a cottage in Ireland. Today, Bill and I went to see the Downton Abbey movie. In the very last scene of the movie, Charles makes the observation that 100 years from now Downton Abbey will still be there. The picturesque cottage on my Facebook page and Charles’s declaration caused me to recall a conversation with my mother, many years ago, in which she noted, with sadness, the empty cottages, some still intact and some just a crumbing pile of stones in Ireland. Homes from which many left to find work and life in another country. Homes where the family line has extinguished.
I guess this may be one of the reasons why some of us, me included, feel a deep connection to where our family comes from. Our roots. It’s one of the themes in my Star O’Brien mystery series. Star longs to find her mother or at the very least what happened to her. She’ll never believe her mother abandoned her. In her search for her mother, Star hopes to find herself and ultimately feel firmly rooted in who she is.
Isn’t this what we are all looking for? Isn’t it what we all hope for?
In the meanwhile, keep the love going,
Martha