>Resent-Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 08:32:35 -0800 (PST) >From: "Roland Elliott" <rolandelliott@thegrid.net> >Old-To: "CAM" <CAMARIPO-L@Rootsweb.com>, "SOCAL" <SOCAL-L@Rootsweb.com>, > "ky" <KYBATH-L@Rootsweb.com>, "Dutch-C" <Dutch-Colonies@Rootsweb.com> >Subject: Grandma's disease >Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 08:33:15 -0800 >X-MSMail-Priority: Normal >X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.5 >X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 >To: SOCAL-L@rootsweb.com >Resent-From: SOCAL-L@rootsweb.com >X-Mailing-List: <SOCAL-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/3916 >X-Loop: SOCAL-L@rootsweb.com >Resent-Sender: SOCAL-L-request@rootsweb.com > > >-----Original Message----- >Date: Thursday, March 18, 1999 8 23 >Subject: [Grandma's disease > > >>I thought this was kind of neat. >> >>Don von Wolffradt >> >>GRANDMA'S DISEASE Author unknown courtesy Connie Washburn >> >>There's been a change in Grandma, we've noticed her of late. >>She always reading history or jotting down some date. >>She's tracking back the family, we'll all have pedigrees. >>Oh, Grandma's got a hobby - she's climbing the FAMILY TREE. >> >>Poor Grandpa does the cooking, and now, or so he states, >>That worst of all, he has to wash the cups and dinner plates. >>Grandma can't be bothered, she busy as a bee, >>Compiling genealogy for the FAMILY TREE. >> >>She has no time to babysit, the curtains are a fright, >>No buttons left on Grandpa's shirt, the flower bed's a sight. >>She's given up her club work and the soaps on TV, >>the only thing she does nowadays is climb the FAMILY TREE. >> >>She goes down to the courthouse and studies ancient lore, >>We know more about our forebears than we ever knew before. >>The books are old and dusty, they make poor Grandma sneeze, >>A minor irritation when you're climbing the FAMILY TREE. >> >>The mail is all for Grandma, it comes from near and far, >>Last week she got the proof she needs to join the D.A.R. >>A monumental project all do agree, >>All from climbing up the FAMILY TREE. >> >>Now some folks came from Scotland, some from Galway Bay, >>Some were French as pastry, some German all the way. >>Some went West to stake there claims, some stayed there by the sea. >>Grandma hopes to find them all, as she climbs the FAMILY TREE. >> >>She wanders through the graveyard in search of date and name, >>The rich, the poor, the in-between, all sleeping there the same. >>She pauses now and then to rest, fanned by a gentle breeze, >>That blows above the Fathers of all our FAMILY TREES. >> >>There are pioneers and patriots, mixed in our kith and kin, >>Who blazed the paths of wilderness and fought through thick and thin. >>But none more staunch than Grandma, who eyes light up with glee, >>Each time she finds a missing branch for the FAMILY TREE. >> >>Their skills were wide and varied, from carpenter to cook, >>And one, alas, the records show, was hopelessly a crook. >>Blacksmith, weaver, farmer, judge - some tutored for a fee. >>Once lost in time, now all recorded on the FAMILIY TREE. >> >>To some it's just a hobby, to Grandma it's much more, >>She learns the joys and heartaches of those that went before. >>They loved, they lost, they laughed, they wept - and now, for you and >>me, >>They live again in spirit, around the FAMILY TREE. >> >>At last she's nearly finished and we are each exposed, >>Life will be the same again, this we all supposed. >>Grandma will cook and sew, serve cookies with our tea. >>We'll all be fat, just as before the wretched FAMILY TREE. >> >>Sad to relate, the preacher called and visited for a spell. >>We talked about the Gospel, and other things as well. >>The heathen folk, the poor and then - twas fate, it had to be, >>Somehow the conversation turned to Grandma and the FAMILY TREE. >> >>He never knew his Grandpa, his mother's name was..... Clark? >>He and Grandma talked and talked, outside it grew dark. >>We'd hoped our fears were groundless, but just like some disease, >>Grandma's become an addict - she's hooked on FAMILY TREES. >> >>Our souls are filled with sorrow, our hearts sad with dismay. >>Our ears could scarce believe the words we heard our Grandma say, >>"It sure is a lucky thing that you have come to me, >>I know exactly how it's done, I'll climb your FAMILY TREE. >> >> >>==== PABRADFO Mailing List ==== >>Make sure you also submit your mailing list info requests to the query >pages as well. You will reach more people, over a longer period of time that >way than just through the mailing list. Directions for submissions at top of >query pages. Good luck to all. >> >> > > > Carol De Priest <http://members.xoom.com/SandSurfer/home.htm> *** check it out - work in progress ***