You know I do not understand your attitude. I got several notes thanking me for this one and the other one I sent. I thought they could be included in files and albums as people work on their family tree. This thing is supposed to be fun not a chore with out joy. Sorry perhaps I am in the wrong line of Butchers. Lola Lola Butcher Given lolabgiven@citynet.net> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ms. Piglet" <piglet@rootsweb.com> To: <lolabgiven@citynet.net> Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 3:46 PM Subject: RE: [Butcher] Our Ancestors --Bssie Gumm > Lola, I've asked you before not to post things that aren't genealogical > queries or genealogical discussions. > > Megan "Piglet" Zurawicz, ListPig > piglet@rootsweb.com > listmaster@rootsweb.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Lola B. Given [mailto:lolabgiven@citynet.net] > Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 1:35 PM > To: BUTCHER-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [Butcher] Our Ancestors --Bssie Gumm > > > A letter to our Ancestors > > Dear Ancestor: > > Your tombstone stands among the rest > Neglected and alone. > The names and dates are chiseled out > On polished marble stone. > (the dates are getting dim) > > It is too late to mourn. > You did not know that I exist > You died and I was born > Yet each of us are cells of you > In flesh, in blood and in bone. > Our blood contracts and beats a pulse > Entirely not our own. > > Dear Ancestor, the place you filled > One hundred years ago > Spreads out among the ones you left > Who would have loved you so. > > I wonder if you lived and loved > I wonder if you knew > That someday I would find this spot > And come to visit you. > > Author unknown. > > Lola Butcher Given > lolabgiven@citynet.net> > > > ============================== > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! >
----- Original Message ----- From: Lola B. Given <lolabgiven@citynet.net> To: <BUTCHER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 2:59 PM Subject: Re: [Butcher] Our Ancestors --Bssie Gumm > You know I do not understand your attitude. I got several notes thanking me > for this one and the other one I sent. I thought they could be included in > files and albums as people work on their family tree. This thing is > supposed to be fun not a chore with out joy. Sorry perhaps I am in the > wrong line of Butchers. Lola > Lola Butcher Given > lolabgiven@citynet.net> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ms. Piglet" <piglet@rootsweb.com> > To: <lolabgiven@citynet.net> > Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 3:46 PM > Subject: RE: [Butcher] Our Ancestors --Bssie Gumm > > > > Lola, I've asked you before not to post things that aren't genealogical > > queries or genealogical discussions. > > > > Megan "Piglet" Zurawicz, ListPig > > piglet@rootsweb.com > > listmaster@rootsweb.com > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Lola B. Given [mailto:lolabgiven@citynet.net] > > Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 1:35 PM > > To: BUTCHER-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: [Butcher] Our Ancestors --Bssie Gumm > > > > > > A letter to our Ancestors > > > > Dear Ancestor: > > > > Your tombstone stands among the rest > > Neglected and alone. > > The names and dates are chiseled out > > On polished marble stone. > > (the dates are getting dim) > > > > It is too late to mourn. > > You did not know that I exist > > You died and I was born > > Yet each of us are cells of you > > In flesh, in blood and in bone. > > Our blood contracts and beats a pulse > > Entirely not our own. > > > > Dear Ancestor, the place you filled > > One hundred years ago > > Spreads out among the ones you left > > Who would have loved you so. > > > > I wonder if you lived and loved > > I wonder if you knew > > That someday I would find this spot > > And come to visit you. > > > > Author unknown. > > > > Lola Butcher Given > > lolabgiven@citynet.net> > > > > > > ============================== > > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! > > > > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library > >