Thanks For Being Here Jerry Kinkead's Letter to her Granddaughter Emily

Kelly Corrigan Wonders

Kelly Corrigan Show

Society & Culture

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🗓️ 17 November 2024

⏱️ 5 minutes

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This week's submission is from one of Kelly's all-time favorite women, Jerry Kinkead, a close friend of Kelly's mom. Jerry is looking back on a small but unforgettable moment at her granddaughter's wedding. If this doesn't lift your spirits, nothing will. Share your feedback anytime. [email protected] 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
0:05.4	essential 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 a bat mitzvah toast, a eulogy, or retirement speech.
0:18.8	We believe this is probably the loveliest way to tap into our better
0:22.8	selves and remember our highest values. We encourage you to share this podcast each week with one
0:29.1	person you love, maybe someone you miss and need to bring closer, someone you want to feel
0:34.5	your appreciation or admiration or both.
0:40.0	This is thanks for being here.
0:53.3	Today's thanks for being here is from one of my favorite women on planet Earth.
0:54.7	Her name is Jerry Kincaid.
0:56.3	She was a friend of my mother's.
1:00.3	And she had a daughter named Cindy who died very young.
1:01.2	She died at 44.
1:05.1	After Cindy's daughter, Emily, got married.
1:12.7	Jerry sent this beautiful letter as a follow-up on some observations about the wedding.
1:18.3	Jerry says to me, my writing assignment was to keep it brief. I don't see how this letter will make sense to anyone, but here's a little explanation. Purple was Cindy's favorite color.
1:23.8	She wore it a lot, and Emily is still wearing her mother's clothes and is also a purple person.
1:28.9	Emily and Ross's wedding was a three-day camping weekend with 96 friends staying in cabins on a lake near Waterville, Maine,
1:37.8	with canoeing, games, community art, cider making, and kickball.
1:42.0	Mandolin music for the reception, farm to table food, mandatory
1:45.3	in Cindy's household. Well, Jerry, that sounds like an unbelievable setup for a beautiful
1:51.8	wedding. Jerry also included a picture. And when you look at the picture, there's what you can only
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