Rhyme & Reason - a reason to rhyme

It's great having the freedom I never had when young, Unlike my older brothers, When friends, they were among. If they decided to stay out,  So long as parents knew. To do, for them, it was okay, Could NEVER, me,  that, do. I HAD to plan things in advance, And as Girl Scouts motto, At ALL times, HAD to "be prepared" Wherever I would go. Even when on vacation, For just a few days more, It was a MUST to have supplies In my medicinal store. "In case" - it was my motto, There was a flight delay And I was stranded few more days Before going on my way. And with so many prescribed pills, Six thousand 'mills' in strength, 'Twas twenty daily tablets I had to take, at length. They DID become a meal 'part' Have food - have tablets too, My freedom's now astounding, I'm living LIFE, - like YOU.

Before home central heating, Cold winters, seemed much worse, Two storey home, four bedrooms, Electric heaters, scarce. Home comforts were not missing, Coal fire in living room, Warmed that room, and the water, So life was not all gloom. To take the chill from bedrooms, Before we trod upstairs, Dad lit paraffin heater, Kept us, like teddybears. Oil bottle in, the wick was lit  The dome, it glowed bright red The upstairs rooms, did get quite warm’ As we kids went to bed. Howe’er, they had their problems, SOMETIMES, the flames severe, My dad, though, was our hero, With him, we knew NO fear. He knew exactly what to do, To keep us safe and sound, Whene’er the flames were raging, Our hero dad, was found. We all survived to tell the tale Of hardship in those days, With central heating radi'tors Those times are now past ways.