Katie Leddy's memory board

Not a personal memory, obviously... When mom was an infant, she was in the car with Busia, Grandpa, and Aunt Barb. Their car stalled on some railroad tracks, a train was coming, Grandpa couldn't start the car. Their car was hit by a train. When the police officer pulled mom out of the backseat he was in tears... he thought she was dead. She was jus...more

Not sure if it was '67 or a year earlier. Mom went on a date with a childhood friend. After the date, they go to his house. They are on the porch and she is invited in. Mom knows no one is home, gets a very uneasy feeling, and declines to enter, saying she should get home. He urges her to come in, tries to convince her that it will be fine. She sai...more

I remember waking up at night crying from an earache and Mom rocking me in the rocking chair so lovingly(I was probably way too old to be rocked in the chair). I haven't figured out how to be sweet like that when my kids wake me up at night🐻

Visiting Mom at the hospital. I couldn't have been more than two. I was feeling so distressed, then she appeared in the window. She looked like an angel, smiling so big as she walked through the door and took me in her arms.

C-C's laugh brought Mom such Joy! She was always looking for a Christmas gift that would get her to laugh😍

One of the times we were able to convince mom to play with us... it was on our road-trip vacation up north, on the beach of Lake Superior, where she finally caved and decided to try her luck at the long jump. She ran faster and harder than I have ever seen her run, only at last minute to trip on the beach towel we had marking the jumping point, and...more

Mom bellowing, "Whyyyyy am I so beautiiifuuul" when she wasn't getting much love or attention from us

Taking mom trick-or-treating for her 50th birthday. She wore the alien costume and felt so embarrassed and "stupid", but had an absolute blast. She was laughing the entire time, and the people at every house gave her extra candy and birthday wishes :)

I don’t remember the exact day but I’ll never forget this feeling. I was holding baby Luke shortly after he came home from the hospital. I was staring at him in total amazement at how much I loved him. I then looked over at Mom and started sobbing. She ran over to me thinking something was wrong and through hyperventilated breaths I told her no...more

Can't remember the exact date. Mom and I were driving home from Paradise. We were in the left lane on I-75 during rush-hour, going over a large overpass where two highways intersect (I can't remember which). I had just put a CD in the player when I feel myself float off my seat, suspended in air, only the seat-belt touching me. I see our car sidewa...more

I remember whenever my mom would go to the hospital to have a baby grandma would always come down to watch us. My favorite part is when she would sing is funny songs before bed about chiefs and fluffy bunnies and always tell us fun stories. I still remember all the words she would sing❤️

I wish I had a picture, but one of my favorite Grandma memories was doing the Divine Mercy Chaplet with her and Lalli on Sunday afternoons when we lived up at the Big House. It was even better if we got stop over at her BFF Mirza’s before hand because Mirza had a HUGE garden. Grandma had a relationship with Jesus not many can say they have. She a...more

I remember the first year that Momma Leddy had me over for Christmas. I had brought a poinsettia with me for her, and when I made it across the sea of children to gave it to her she started sobbing because she had said how she forgot to get one this year. She went to set it down and seconds turned around laughing uncontrollably and gave me a hug. I...more

When I had my stomach issues and everyone else was at the county fair grandma stayed back and did everything for me while also cracking up with me every time we watched spongebob. Wish there was a picture.

The grace of a happy death: After battling aggressive cancer for two years, Mom passes away surrounded by her her loved ones: her husband, all of her children, some of her grandchildren. She was given the grace to prepare for death, to say goodbye. She, a champion for Divine Mercy, took her last breath at 11pm after the family gathered to say the D...more