Maria is Hebrew for “Wished for Child”

Maria is Hebrew for “Wished for Child”

Maria also came with light in her wake. 

               

She learned to read 

with her eyes shut. 

She gained a taste for the finer delicacies in life 

by absconding with mushrooms at age three in the produce aisle.

Not mushrooms--but just add a white crown and a little bulge!  

It was in that very produce aisle that we met the Spanish teacher who invited us to enroll a sister (and then Maria) into a six year Spanish immersion experience.  

Maria has a soft spot for animals,  

children 

and older people. 

Happy to step up as Nanny “Maria” (who speaks English, too!) 






 or drive a lawn mower on acres of meadow land 

to make a “hollow” happier--whipping away weeds

or other annoyances to engineer a way into grandparents’ and other hearts,

 

Maria may be a pioneer

in a "trail less traveled by" in her education, 

  

(to study, or to study more, or study what, will ever be the question)

and doing it with a smile. 

 

(Maybe Maria would like to be this kind of engineer--one who gets to ride!)

Maria is a devoted sister, 

friend, 

daughter, 

(Ask us later how to fold those overales, Maria!)

and granddaughter.  

What would we do without Maria?