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Be humble, but strong
Questioning, but faithful
Be yourself,
but not complacent
Above all - Love! 1995
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A BIRTH DATE SHARED: MOTHER AND I
Written on Good Friday, 2006.
Day darkness with thunder claps and rain (though no temple drapes
were rent) almost matched the biblical good Friday, 1924.
Margaret Ivo Giebel on her own birthday was giving birth to
her fourth child. She so hoped that this new life would stay. The three infants she had birthed in the years before had not.
They died soon after their first cries. Unlike the others, I fought to stay. I arrived with a grey pallor and gasping for
breath. Gradually, the breathing became normal, the skin lost the grey. I was here to stay.
Now in 2006, I imagine how
my mother would have greeted each of her many grandchildren, for she, herself, left us after my second child.
My mother
played piano beautifully. Perhaps she would have had a sweet and lively ditty for each grandchild.
SPRING IS IN!
Robin, still thin from flight
Stands
erect, then bends in seeming homage;
He pecks court'eously at the ground
Earthworm, art awake?
Gone,
the white snow patch
Brown leaves, sun-dried, dispersed by wind
But green tulip shoots, though mere inches,
Give promise of a rainbow!
1990
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| Winifred's 90th Birthday |
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| Winifred's 90th birthday cake by Trina + Erik O'Reilly |
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| Willem at Win's 90th Birthday Celebration |
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| Win at the Botanical Gardens, Illinois |
WHERE THE HEART IS
Where the heart is
Is our home
Even living quite alone
Within
an atmospheric tone
Of quiet, in the place we call our own.
March, 2007
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| Win O'Reilly, 2014 |
| Win's 90th Celebration Dinner and Song |
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| Dorothy and Chris April 18, 2014, Chicago, Illinois |
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Music - what food for my life!
Listening
is such a gift, Lord
Listening to silence
Listening to familiar voices
Listening to rain, snow-fall
Listening
to bird song
Listening to baby sounds
Listening to the beautiful
Vision - what food for my life!
Seeing
tranquil or stormy skies
Seeing child faces
Seeing responsive eyes
Seeing twinkling eyes and lights
Seeing
loved one's photos
Seeing loved one's art
Seeing flowers, trees, grass
Seeing the written word
Seeing Beauty
1995
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Lullaby Medley: "Frère Jacques", "Twinkle, Twinkle,
Little Star", "Brahms Lullaby" performed
by Winifred O'Reilly
Piano: Katrina O'Reilly
Recorder: Don Peters
Clarinet: Sarah Amandes
"Yuletide" O'Reilly Family Christmas Concert
Crystal Lake, Ilinois, December, 2002.
Winifred O'Reilly
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