Years ago in Dallas
A baby girl was born
Happy were the parents
On that early Thursday Morn.
My "youth years" were so long ago
Spent in the school of learning.
Eleven year in all, it was
In May '42 I was graduating.
I worked a while in "Big D:
Four years later, I went out West
There in Reno I then wed
An Oregon guy I thought was best.
Living in K Falls was really nice
No prettier country you'll ever enjoy
I worked at home and then one day
I became a mother of a baby boy.
Some years later, we move back home
To the big ole Texas State
Then all that schooling came in handy
Job hunting - accounting was my fate.
Bessie MelVina Carathers
September 1, 2007
Working for years in the City of Dallas
My son grew up way too fast
He's finished school and working hard
For now he is a man at last.
I grew older and moved away
East of Dallas to Liberty City
Bought some land - built a house
Soon we had company - a stray little kitty.
This kitty was a Calico Kitten
A home she needed and so she stayed
Over 19 years she was my "CALICO"
From her home she never strayed.
They called it your "Golden Years"
And I have reached that age
I don't know why they call it that
Could it be another marking of life's gauge?
Youth to soon is over
Precious memories I've shared with all
In our hearts we're forever young
Going down life's highway, do not fall.