This was sent to me by a family member and I couldn't help but share it will all of
you. How many times have you come across photos of people that you didn't know in
boxes or drawers of old photos? My apologies in advance for posting this to the list.
Please feel free to share with others!
Melinda
STRANGERS IN THE BOX
I hope this inspires all of you to go through your pictures
and identify on
the back or book or somehow all your pictures, so the next
generation or two
doesn't have to go through what we are going through
STRANGERS IN THE BOX (Author Unknown)
Come, look with me inside this drawer,
In this box I've often seen,
At the pictures, black and white,
Faces proud, still, and serene.
I wish I knew the people,
These strangers in the box,
Their names and all their memories,
Are lost among my socks.
I wonder what their lives were like,
How did they spend their days?
What about their special times?
I'll never know their ways.
If only someone had taken time,
To tell, who, what, where, and when,
These faces of my heritage,
Would come to life again.
Could this become the fate,
Of the pictures we take today?
The faces and the memories,
Someday to be passed away?
Take time to save your stories,
Seize the opportunity when it knocks,
Or someday you and yours,
Could be strangers in the box.