Happy Birthday to my gorgeous ginger sprite!  As you celebrate turning five, I have a special gift for you… A tiny red haired porcelain angel playing a guitar once belonged to your great, great grandmother Grace Catherine Louise Costello Heatherly. I hope you will keep this little keepsake as a reminder of how deep our family roots are and how vast they will continue to spread. It is also my hope that you will learn to play a string instrument, perhaps be the first female in our family who shreds guitar riffs, or passionately play the violin. You have the music in you, as is highly evident by how much you love to dance every time you hear it! You are a natural entertainer!

Just like the fiery red hair that flows from your head, this angel is a symbol of uniqueness and beauty and it represents the love and strength that has been passed down through generations. Your great, great grandmother treasured this angel, and now, it’s your turn. Whenever you look at it, remember the strong and kind women who came before you. The each had a bit of that same feisty, fun-loving essence you have. They will be watching over you and protecting you, just like this angel.

You are a precious of brightness in my life, and I love you more than words can express.

Happy birthday, my little sweet!

Love, Love!!

Grandma

                                                                                                                        September 19, 2023

This angel was given to me last year by my cousin Teri Johnson Lewis when she was in town to bury her father, Glen.  She told me that when our Grandma Grace passed away in 1998 this was one of the items she wanted to keep from her things.  She told me that now that we have another red head in the family, that this should be given to Hadley.