Do you ever wonder if you look like Bates of years gone by? I wish that we could post all those nameless pictures to see any family resemblance. My line has a peculiar ear, nothing major, just a little point that was passed on for a few generations. Any suggestions about creating an album, etc.? Missy << > > 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, 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, or 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? > > Make time to save your stories, > > Seize the opportunity when it knocks, > > Or someday you and yours could be > > The strangers in the box. > > > > Author unknown > >