Dorothy Mooney

Dorothy S. Mooney, age 98, of Birmingham, passed away peacefully on February 18, 2013. She was a member of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church. She was known for her award winning poetry, loved everybody and was great at word games and gardening. She was preceded in death by her husband James J. Mooney. She is survived by her children William James Mooney (Beth), Dorothy M. Stuart, Mary M. Stahlhut, Kenneth L. Mooney, Thomas P. Mooney, Margaret M. Reilly (Dennis), sister Marie Burns, many grandchildren, great grandchildren, great great grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Chapel services will be held on Friday, Feb 22, at 12pm with burial in Jefferson Memorial Gardens East. Father Andy Kennedy will officiate. Visitation will be from 11am until 12pm Friday. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church. Jefferson Memorial Trussville directing.

Wishing on the Wind

How quietly the wind arose,

Tremulent as a sigh.

It soft-shoed through silent hollows,

Past dozing butterfly.

Whistled at the startled swallow

And toe-danced down the street.

Rapped softly at every window

With sort of rythmic beat.

"I wish I were the wind" I said,

I'd court the winnowed stars

And when the sun hangs hot and red

I'd fan the fainted flow'rs,

And you would never be lonesome,

My love, my heart's delight.

I would come to you as dreams come

Unbidden in the night.

By Dorothy S. Mooney, Birmingham, AL.

Jean's Journal, Spring 1967, Kanona, N.Y.