Loving Hands
Song Details & Lyrics
© 2016
Lyricist: Barb Marble
Genre: Spoken Word
Theme: Storytellling
Testimonial
Story Behind the Song
Loving Hands is a story of hard work done with the family in mind. The lyricist pays tribute to a mother’s hands, “always a source of knowledge and comfort/cooking and cleaning, making meals stretch to feed that extra guest by peeling another potato.” They were “never too busy to pitch the ball or help with homework.” Those hands were creative, from redoing furniture and putting up wallpaper to putting together many quilt patterns. For grandchildren and great-grandchildren, “small outfits to be sewn/blankets to be sewn or crocheted.” Listen, pause, and reflect on the countless hours filled with labor from Loving Hands.