[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 161 (Friday, October 3, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2240]
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                        THE THINGS WHICH MATTER

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                       HON. CAROLYN C. KILPATRICK

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, October 3, 2008

  Ms. KILPATRICK. Madam Speaker, I would like to submit the following 
poem, written by Mr. Albert Carey Caswell, in memory of our late great 
colleague, Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones.


                        The Things Which Matter

     The things which matter . . .
     The moments which count, the ones all the end which so amount 
           . . .
     All in our lives, are all of those things in our hearts of 
           which are so tantamount . . .

     The very ones . . .
     Which all in the end, are what our souls are really so all 
           about . . .
     As to this our world, what we so give no doubt . . . all in 
           these our lives to tout . . .

     Are all those things which really matter . . .
     Are but the ones, which so make The Angels hearts so shout!
     All in the end, are but really what our lives are all about!

     The Ways and Means . . .
     By which we overcome all the odds, all in our life's themes . 
           . .
     Are but the ones, our songs which so make our Lord's heart so 
           shine and gleam . . .

     Stephanie Tubbs Jones . . .
     A Heroine . . . A Pioneer . . . A Champion for Civil Rights 
           so seen!
     A great strong great woman of firsts, who but lived The 
           American Dream!

     The only thing bigger than her bright big smile . . .
     Was but her fine kind and warm heart, that which so caressed 
           all . . . all the while . . .
     For in these our short lifetimes, these are but the things 
           you'll find!

     For it's how we live . . .
     And it's how we lead, all in this world which so helps her to 
           succeed . . .
     And who we care for, and for whom we bleed . . . giving to 
           her what she so needs!

     Are but All Those Things Which Really Matter . . .
     All in these our times, all in these our short lives which we 
           so bring about . . .
     All in the end, what really up in Heaven . . . what so 
           matters no doubt!

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