(On the Occasion of Her Birthday, 2008)
By Kathleen Cahill Banaszak (“Boney”)
I ponder the treasured photograph before me:
She had to be five, I would have been three.
Sporting straw bonnets with fresh bouquet trim,
Refined little ladies so proper and prim.
Her coat was blue navy, mine springtime white.
We posed for the camera with sheer delight.
She with waves so lustrous and dark,
I with that fringe of “barely there” hair!
The sparkle in our eyes says it all.
A magic moment of childhood etched forever in my soul.
The fourth of five young Cahill’s was she,
(The final three still yet to be)
Never mind all that birth order stuff,
She’s always had what it takes to hang tough!
With her long black pony tail flying every which way,
She was a force all her own (and not easy to sway)
But able to make all of us buckle down and obey!
(Okay, well most of us, that is…)
Into adulthood, marriage and motherhood we grew.
Through trials and tribulations we each have passed.
Despite what has come, no matter what lay ahead,
The memories of a birthright shared can never be undone.
So here’s to you, Libby dearest!
My sister you’ll ever remain.
Once and for all, now and forever,
Until we meet again!
I wish you this birthday, your happiest yet!
May the Lord richly bless you in the year still ahead.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARYLIBBY!!
“Behold, how good and pleasant it is for brothers and sisters to dwell together in unity! Like precious fragrant anointing oil poured down over Aaron’s head…as refreshing as the dew of Hermon flowing down the mountains of Zion. For there the Lord commanded the blessing – life forever.” Psalm 133: 1, 3
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