[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 15]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 23423]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                `O WHAT A GAL IN HONOR OF OPRAH WINFREY

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                           HON. CHET EDWARDS

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, December 21, 2010

  Mr. EDWARDS of Texas. Madam Speaker, on behalf of a friend who works 
every day to bring wounded warriors and Make a Wish youth to our 
Capitol, I would like to include the following in the Congressional 
Record at his request.
  Dedicated to Oprah Winfrey, the Promise of American . . . and what 
dreams, courage and faith are made of. Your life and your example, are 
one more watershed moment in time . . . in the healing and the growth 
of America! May God Bless you always, as you have blessed so many 
others with your kind heart. I ask that this poem penned in honor of 
Oprah Winfrey by Albert Caswell be placed in the Record.

                             `O What a Gal!

     `O . . . What a Gal!
     `O what a Woman, `O what a Lady . . . who so stands before us 
           now!
     `O . . . what A Great American Tale. . . .
     And `O, what a journey, through life in her profiles in 
           courage, so now . . .
     `O, The American Dream . . .
     `O, The Promise of what all of this so means . . . to be 
           American and so very proud!
     `O, from the bottom to the top . . .
     `O, as against all odds . . . even with all that 
           discrimination and hatred, she would not be stopped!
     From fields of slavery of yesteryears,
     `O . . . as her loved ones in heaven, now watch over her with 
           tears!
     Oprah!
     Teaching us all, with your lessons of life . . . of answering 
           its quest and its call!
     To be a champion of what is right!
     With your heart of kindness, all in your search of the truth 
           as you went out into that night . . .
     All in your warmth and love, as you fought that fight!
     Teaching us all . . . that, `O . . . Black is Beautiful!
     All on her pilgrimage of truth and caring, sharing, loving 
           and teaching . . . she brought her light.
     `O, the proof of what one life can mean!
     An American Heroine, as now almost like an American Queen . . 
           .
     `O, in this our world . . . and in our lives!
     Will we so find the courage? . . . The Sacrifice? . . . To 
           Fight, To Fight The Good Fight?
     To make a difference, with these our so short lives!
     `O, an American hero . . .touching our hearts, bringing your 
           light!
     Oprah Winfrey, is a Winner . . . A Light . . . A Great Beacon 
           of Hope . . . of which shines this night!
     The power of hope and courage . . .
     All determination, and faith can so nourish what is right!
     `O, Win your Heart is open!
     Win you believe! Win . . . your heart is Free! There's 
           nothing you can not so be!
     Win . . . you stop to believe!
     Win . . . you take from pain and heartache, and rebuild . . . 
           we all can be Free!
     Children, Win . . . your . . . Free!
     There's nothing, that you can not so do! There's nothing, 
           that you can not so be!
     Listen my children, as your future dreams you are building . 
           . . remember, Oprah Winfrey!