[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 8]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 10967]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              A MODEL FORD

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                           HON. VIRGINIA FOXX

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 12, 2011

  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I wish to insert the following poem by Albert 
Carey Caswell into the Congressional Record. This poem is a fitting 
tribute to former First Lady Betty Ford.

                              A Model Ford

     In life . . .
     Do we dance? Or do we stand?
     A . . .
     A Model Ford . . .
     A strong woman, our Nation loved and adored . . .
     Nothing Ordinary about her!
     About this Ford!
     From behind the scenes, a star was born!
     Touching hearts, so very deeply . . . so very warm!
     Who became an activist, for our nation this!
     A role model for women to look up to!
     Who evolved and into a work of art . . . so grew!
     The only person a great President, owed anything to!
     Took away the shame, that women knew . . .
     Giving them courage to speak up and out, to fight Cancer too!
     With her profiles of courage, out of her own diseases . . . 
           creating something new!
     A place for all to so face, and battle and fight their dark 
           demons too . . .
     For in you, we all so saw ourselves so too!
     As the Betty Ford Clinic grew into a haven for saving lives 
           so true!
     A place on this earth so very bright, to win that battle that 
           fight!
     Oh Yes, oh how you spoke up and out for women's rights!
     A Mother . . . A Wife . . . A First Lady so very bright . . .
     An activist who so brought her light!
     A Midwesterner, through and through!
     A Michigander True Blue!
     To bless our Nation, me and you!
     A Model Ford, and a Cadillac of first ladies too . . . who 
           now so who . . .
     Is up in Heaven as but an Angel, with her husband Gerald too!
     Because in the end, in your life Betty . . . you danced!

       In Memory of a great First Lady and a giving American, 
     Betty Ford

     --By Albert Carey Caswell

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