An excerpt from Family Tree Magazine article in Christmas 2013 issue by Diane Lindsay: "It's hard for the non-family historian to understand our hobby is a celebration of all our ancestors and that rather than piling the weight of mortality on our shoulders, it mostly makes us feel glad to be alive, to be part of a pattern, an unceasing patchwork of life, love and loss. For me, acceptance that you can't have one without the other brings comfort and understanding of where we fit into The Great Scheme of Things". Well said. Edna - Ottawa

On Thu, 02 Jan 2014 17:01:43 -0000, liverpud <liverpud-49@rogers.com> wrote: > An excerpt from Family Tree Magazine article in Christmas 2013 issue by > Diane Lindsay: Hi Edna and Listers, The excerpt, which Edna posted included the words 'to be part of a pattern, an unceasing patchwork of life ...'. Just looking at some ridge and furrow fields earlier today, I felt they were part of a pattern of life. I thought of the people who had tilled the soil and made the ridges and furrows hundreds of years ago. Then I thought of how in a few months time there will be masses of cowslips growing on the ridges and furrows. This reminded me of my grandmother making cowslip wine when she was a young woman. Thinking of my grandmother, I realized that she and my grandfather were married 100 years ago this month. I have 'an unceasing patchwork' of thoughts of my ancestors in my mind. Josephine

I agree. I used to feel very sad, thinking about those of my relatives who had passed away because I missed them. I still do, of course, but my family history 'hobby' (obsession) gradually revealed the bigger picture - that not only did many come before me but also many will come after me; what gives me the greatest pleasure is to be the chronicler of our many lives :-) Happy New Year! Karen > From: liverpud-49@rogers.com > To: Bristol_and_Somerset@rootsweb.com > Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2014 12:01:43 -0500 > Subject: [B&S] Well said... from Family Tree Magazine Christmas 2013 > > > An excerpt from Family Tree Magazine article in Christmas 2013 issue by Diane Lindsay: > > "It's hard for the non-family historian to understand our hobby is a celebration of all our ancestors and that rather than piling the weight of mortality on our shoulders, it mostly makes us feel glad to be alive, to be part of a pattern, an unceasing patchwork of life, love and loss. For me, acceptance that you can't have one without the other brings comfort and understanding of where we fit into The Great Scheme of Things". > > Well said. > > Edna - Ottawa > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message