LEGACY OF LOVE

From the time of my first memories
there is one thing that I knew,
we were loved by you, dear mother
and in that love we grew.

You gave your every moment
to our each and every need,
from dawn to dusk, long into night
souls and bodies you did feed.

When in times of pain and illness
in and out of fevered fog,
you were our healing angel
sweet messenger from God.

We always felt your presence
for you were ever there,
when we misbehaved t’was certain
we’d be chastised, quick but fair.

As time passed, the ills of aging
gave you days of misery,
but you persevered, walked onward
with Jesus, on to Calvary.

But now your Mass has ended
God has called you from above,
we thank you, mother dearest
for your Legacy of Love.

Margaret Rose Larrivee
Mar. 22, 1999