You read the title, you’re expecting some kind of story about how Ireland. Well sorry to burst your bubble but it is about my favorite color!

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Irish green or Irish flag green is a shade of spring green. Sometimes called shamrock green, it’s slightly greener with less blue tones than the color named shamrock green. It’s the green of the Irish flag. The national flag of the Republic of Ireland is a tricolor flag of green, white and orange.

Now I am not saying that I have always loved Irish Green as my favorite color, because looking back at my childhood and a good portion of middle school, I was a Baby Blue Sky kind of girl. (Yes, a typical girly color) But then when my grandpa started living with us during the summer after my grams passed away, I started liking Irish Green. It meant to me that I was closer to my grandpa when he was down in Tennessee with my Aunt and Uncle for the fall & winter time. He would tell me stories of Ireland, he would take me to the local Irish store in our town (still there! But sadly tourist have made them turn it a little more into a tourist type shop) and I got necklaces with Celtic symbols, and he would get his soft Irish sweaters from there! In August we would go to Irish Fest in Milwaukee and for once in my depressed middle school/high school years, I was happy. Grandpa would sit in a tent and watch performer after performer on the stage. I use to just want to go around by myself or with my cousin and just kind of do my own thing or sit by the water. But when I was older in High School, we use to watch the Irish Dancers, and try and dance along. Grandpa would clap and tell us we were doing great! We would go through the shops and look at all the different clothing, accessories, books, lifestyle in general! I started getting obsessed with the darker green, because I would see it and I would instantly think of grandpa and all the good times we had together. To this day I miss him dearly and wish he was here. I have an Celtic Angle in my car that watches over me and when ever I miss him or hope he hears me, I hold it.

I know this won’t be a popular blog, but hey, it’s my blog and I miss my grandpa a lot extra lately so I’m going to type something that makes me think of him. RIP Grandpa, I love you and miss you each day more and more. I’ll see you soon, one day!