Daidí

Chapter 4
1859, Florida, USA.

3-year old Mia watched her father pick out weeds from the backyard,

”Daidí? (Daddy?)” She said, toddling towards him as he picked out carrots.

Mia wore a red dress with a collar, she held a handmade doll, She looked very much like her father, with his dark brown eyes and black-brown hair.

Saoirse and Joseph, Michael’s two eldest children, who were now 25, looked at their younger sister and father.

” (Can we play when you‘re done?)” She asked.

Unlike many Irish immigrant parents, Michael and Aofie taught their youngest child Irish since her dad never got the hand of English.