[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 4 (Monday, January 8, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E8]
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                             DANCING ANGELS

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                           HON. PETE SESSIONS

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, January 8, 2018

  Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. Speaker, I include in the Record a poem, on behalf 
of Albert Carey Caswell, to honor a great American family of faith and 
courage. On March 6, 2012, CW2 Edward ``Duane'' Cantrell of the United 
States Army, a team leader of The Green Berets, with four Purple 
Hearts, and 6 Tours in the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars died in a house 
fire while trying to save his two lovely daughters Isabella and 
Natalia. They all perished together. Left behind in the wake of all of 
this sorrow and heartache was his wife Louise, who has taken the most 
horrific of circumstances and created a foundation in remembrance of 
them and to provide scholarships, and other assistance to help 
passionate and committed young dancers to fulfill their dreams called 
``Dancing Angels''. She is an inspiration to us all.

     Rise
     Rise up to heaven with tears in your eyes
     Little Sisters who've brought such joy in their little short 
           lives
     As before our Lord you now lie
     As so gently he wipes away all of those tears from your eyes
     Don't worry your safe now,
     in our Lord's arms you now lie
     And your Daddy is right by your side
     So hush little girls don't you cry
     With your most courageous Mother left on earth in your name 
           to vie
     Who for all of you and us must somehow still try
     For she has so many hearts to heal
     And so much inspiration for all of us to feel
     To so teach us
     To so beseech us
     To so show this world what is real
     And she has so much more to do
     Until, one day she comes up to heaven to be with you
     But, its not yet her time
     for our world needs to look upon her warm hue
     So dance,
     dance for her and your Daddy and our Lord up in heaven in 
           view
     And she will hear you on the wind
     And she will feel you in the morning when she awakes, as next 
           to her all night you have been
     To help her find the strength, all in what a heart of courage 
           can mend
     As up to heaven on this day
     Two little beautiful Angels, Isabella and Natalia have so 
           made their way
     As they begin to dance night and day
     As they begin their dance,
     which makes our Lord smile and pray
     And if you listen closely on the wind,
     we can hear their little footsteps my friends
     And all of these lessons about life by Louise time and again
     To help all hearts of despair somehow to mend
     And that out of the darkness, light too can come in
     Whenever hearts of courage begin
     To against all odds to so fend
     Heartache and sorrow my friends
     Because, out of such pain and such sorrow,
     a new tomorrow from faith deep down within can begin!
     So dance, dance Little Angels,
     with but smiles on your face from heaven you send
     And let us remember life is so short, let not the minutes you 
           waste time and again
     So hold your families close
     And ever remember what so means the most
     And from a distance what now seems like the very worst
     May not be this end,
     for isn't it up in heaven where we all wish to transcend
     And that's where all these Dancing Angels on this day can 
           heard
     Dance, Dance, Dance Little Angels,
     hush little girls don't you cry
     Because, one day up in Heaven you will look into your 
           Mother's beautiful eyes
     When, she comes up to be with you and Daddy and our Lord on 
           high
     So Dance, Dance, and wipe all of those tears from your eyes
     Amen.

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