Zady M. Odom 

Glen Ellyn, IL, USA 

My name is Zady Odom and I live in Glen Ellyn, IL with my husband and 4 adopted children. I have 6 grown up son's and twelve grandchildren. I believe that we must all strive to do all e an to make the world a better place for everyone. One of the best ways to do this is by doing all we can to help as many children as we an to grow up in a safe, healthy, secure, environment as possible. Being a mother of ten, adopting six and giving birth to four. My oldest and my youngest were adopted. I have been Mission Chairman in my church for ten years; Chairman of Children's Church; President of Women's Auxiliary of NAACP; President of Fox Valley Women Dist. Assoc.; driver of a school bus for twenty years. I love flowers and do all my gardening. I like walking, reading to my children and writing. I have been writing poetry since I was very young. We all must reach out to others if the world is to be a better place.

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Did you ever stop and wonder
Why time goes by so fast.
You did all you could to slow it down
But it just didn't last.

You grew up, then you married
You weren't wasting any time.
Then things got so complicated 
You almost lost your mind.

You have six kids and a husband
You have to work very hard
If you are not cleaning or cooking
You are working in the yard.

You get the kids off to school
After every one is fed.
You wash the dishes, check the time
And then you go to bed.

Then when the kids are all grown up
And boy are you glad.
You look back through the years
Then your heart feels sad.

By then you are in your forties
Or maybe forty-five.
You stretch out on the sofa
And thank God you are alive.

There are lots of things you need to do 
if you could make up your mind.
you sit back and take it easy
Thinking, I have plenty of time.

Now time is catching up with you
Now what are you to do?
It seems like only yesterday
That you were fifty-two.

The doctor gives you aspirin
And sends you back to bed.
But you do not feel any better
Oh, this ringing in my head.

The clock just keeps on ticking
And now you are sixty-five.
And time just keeps on rolling
But thank God you are still alive.

God said that He would give us
Three score and ten.
That's why we need to thank Him
Every time we can.

We can't do like we once did
So we just sit back and pray.
For that old clock on the wall
Just keeps ticking away.

Keep on living, don't look back
Keep looking for the signs.
Something's gaining on you every day
I think it must be TIME.