June 8, 2007

My Journey to God

Ode to a Grandchild

Oh babe of my babe
Your mother’s yet to know
The deepest stirrings of the heart
Untapped and still to flow.

Oh joy of all joys
What wondrous gifts you’ll bring
The melodies she has not heard
The songs she’s yet to sing.

Oh love of all loves
Her fine tunings you will hone
And open up a world to her
Till now she has not known.

By Betty Jo Felker

(Betty Jo Felker is a member of Holy Spirit Parish in Jacksonville, Fla. She is a former member of Holy Cross Parish in St. Croix, which is her hometown, and more recently St. Anthony of Padua Parish in Clarksville. She wrote this poem when her daughter was expecting her first child.) †

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