Tina Easley surnames:Morton, Easley, Lambert,Gladish, Reddick, Marsh, Coggins, Reaves, Lenderman Greene County Arkansas http://www.rootsweb.com/~argreene/greene1.html Come Take A Trip in History!!! ----- Original Message ----- From: "bjf" <bjf@grnco.net> To: "Tina Easley" <tina@grnco.net> Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2000 9:56 AM Subject: Fw: [ILSALINE-L] Genealogy poem > Tina > > I got this today, It hit home with me and I know there are lots of people > who don't take the time to write the names and dates on the pictures we > take. > If you hadn't seen it thought you might like it. > Bill > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Briarpatchlady@worldnet.att.net> > To: <ILSALINE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2000 7:08 AM > Subject: [ILSALINE-L] Genealogy poem > > > > Came across this today and it really touched me as it is very true to me > and my experiences. Thought you might like to see it, forgive me for > sending it in if you already have. From Margaret the Briarpatchlady in > Newport News, Virginia > > > > STRANGERS IN THE BOX > > > > 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 the 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. > > > > Author Unknown