> > 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. > > ______________________________ > > > ==== NYC-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > NYC-ROOTS list website - > http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/lists/NYC-ROOTS.htm > > > ============================== > Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi > >