What's in a Name?

the birth of a child, is a special event
for mother and father, it's God's gift he sent,
I was three days old and clutched to her breast
when my mother could feel uncertain at best,

the doctor came in with a nurse by his side
he called on the priest for they thought I had died,
they gave me last rights, and the sign of the cross
all would experience a baby's life lost,

they waited beside me, to hear my heart stop
but my father would pray in the church quite a lot,
he promised the Lord if he gave him the right
to raise up his daughter, not give up this fight,

each step in God's house, my father would pray 
please let my girl live, I will pray every day, 
for the rest of my life, for my family and wife
we will give her our love, look after her life,

hours had passed and my mother had cried
finally dad had come by her side,
to hold her and tell her that God heard him say
please let her live and we'll baptise her...Faith