My Mother My Friend

 

 

Nellie Farrell and Paddy Daly did something very wonderful for me

in addition to the love they lavished on me...

they gave me my beautiful mother

Catherine Mary Daly Finnegan

known to her friends as

Kathleen

and to me as

MOM

 

On June 26, 1987 Kathleen Daly Finnegan turned 80 years of age.

 How does one repay a mother for the gift of love that she is? 

This was my attempt...

 

 

"My Mother, My Friend"

 

 

It's taken so long to write this song

Because there are so few words can tell

Of four score years of joys and tears

And the love you live so well.

 

Da's faithful wife, through peace and strife

Fifty years and more of love,

And two sons bore--that you nearly adore

In that quiet heart full of love.

 

And I, the one so late to come,

The third child of that faithful love,

Have sight to see what you've given me--

My life to pass on that love.

 

So I sing of thee, mo mháthair mo chroí

There's no one so gentle as you

In your quiet way, you give life each day,

And I thank God I'm born of you.

 

Now you've silver hair--that I curl with care

On your head both wise and old

Now I bathe your feet that once walked the street

While my little hand you'd hold.

 

Not a day goes by, but I wonder why

I've been blessed with a mom like you!

And the slower we walk, the more time to talk

Giving me precious time with you.

 

So I rejoice and I raise my voice

And give thanks for this life that you share,

For here now today, and in every way,

I know Mom, that your love is there.

 

My mother, my friend, my prayer ascend

That God will bless you on this day,

And give you His peace that will never cease.

In my love for you, this I pray.

 

Copyright 1997 Cait Finnegan