From: lcoultel(a)bellsouth.net
Date: Thu, 09 Dec 1999 04:29:12 -0500
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To: "Donna@MBS" <mbs(a)inland.net>
Subject: Re: Thought You Might Find This Interesting
References: <3.0.32.19991208214145.010056d8(a)inland.net>
Pass it on.
Linda
"Donna@MBS" wrote:
> This is really cute. Mind if I pass it on?
> Donna
>
> At 08:38 PM 12/8/99 -0500, lcoultel(a)bellsouth.net wrote:
> >
> >> Twas The Day Before Yesterday
> >>
> >> TWAS the day before yesterday and all through the branches,
> >> NOT a name to be found, none of my ancestors.
> >>
> >> THE Journals and Bibles were dusty and worn,
> >> WHY should we care, these kinfolk are gone.
> >>
> >> THE pictures of children and family, long ago dead,
> >> ARE scattered, crinkled, and crammed under beds.
> >>
> >> DAD in his chair, and I with a book,
> >> HAD just settled back to give the TV a look.
> >>
> >> WHEN out on the street there arose such a clatter,
> >> I sprang to my feet to see what was the matter.
> >>
> >> ON the way to the window I tripped with a crash,
> >> I tore open the curtains and looked through the glass.
> >>
> >> THE sun in the sky was nowhere in sight,
> >> THE clouds were so gray, it could have been night.
> >>
> >> WHEN what to my wondering eyes should appear,
> >> THE Mailman with packages, letters and cards of good cheer.
> >>
> >> THE driver was grumbling while sorting his letters,
> >> I knew in a moment, things had to get better.
> >>
> >> THE size of one letter stood out from them all,
> >> A distant cousin was asking about family, one and all.
> >>
> >> THE names of Grandpa and Grandma, Great Grandparents all,
> >> NEXT came my Father, my Brother, and Uncle Paul.
> >>
> >> FROM cousins and uncles to aunts and nephews,
> >> NIECES and in-laws, just to name a few.
> >>
> >> SO through the many journals and photos, and stuff I possessed,
> >> MY search for my ancestors slowly progressed.
> >>
> >> WHILE up the family tree I gradually climbed,
> >> MY ancestors names, I was seeking to find.
> >>
> >> UPON that tree I have carved many a name,
> >> THE branches of which, will never be the same.
> >>
> >> THE tree is now filled with many I've found,
> >> BUT in the search for others, now I am bound.
> >>
> >> THE ancestors whose names, I have written with love,
> >> THE Lord has gathered to take to His Father above.
> >>
> >> WITH so many names yet to be carved on that tree,
> >> I have little time to waste on games and TV.
> >>
> >> GATHERING names, photos, histories and places,
> >> REQUIRES a lot of love, patience, and God's good graces.
> >>
> >> SOME were Farmers, Soldiers & such, Mothers & Fathers
> >> who struggled much.
> >> SOME were Settlers, who traveled far, some Adventures,
> >> who followed the stars.
> >>
> >> SOME were rich, but most were poor, they came by ship,
> >> seeking more.
> >> SOME died young, others old, many their stories yet untold.
> >>
> >> I cried when I thought of those brothers and sisters,
> >> FOR I am who I am, thanks to my ancestors.
> >>
> >> MY family is but one branch on the Tree of Life,
> >> A tree that grew strong through toil and strife.
> >>
> >> ALONE, I'm just a bare twig or a stub,
> >> TOGETHER we build a Family Tree of Love
> >
> >
> >