Sound like my house, but hubby won't cook or do dishes. Grandma of 6 and one on the way. Shelley in Canada Florence Dean wrote: >Hi Maureen > >Just how my family feel about my hobby. > >"Steve" Happy to be a grandma > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Maureen Rust" <Maureen.Rust@care4free.net> >To: <ENG-CAMBRIDGESHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2004 1:20 PM >Subject: [ENG-CAMB] Grandma's family tree > > > > >>Someone sent this to the Cheshire list and I thought it was brilliant. >>Maureen (Mo) >> >> GRANDMA AND THE FAMILY TREE >> >> >> >> There's been a change in Grandma, we've noticed her of late, >> She's 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 Family Trees. >> >> >> >>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's busy as a bee, >> >>Compiling Genealogy, for the Family Tree. >> >> >> >>She has no time to baby-sit, the curtains are a fright. >> >>No buttons left on Grandad's shirt, the flower bed's a sight. >> >>She's given up her club work, the serials 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 Family Trees. >> >> >> >>The mail is all for Grandma,it comes from near and far, >> >>Last week she got the proof she needs to join the DAR. >> >>A worthwhile avocation, to that we all agree, >> >>A monumental project, to climb the Family Tree. >> >> >> >>Now some folks came from Scotland and some from Galway Bay, >> >>Some were French as pastry, some German, all the way. >> >>Some went on West to stake their claim. Some stayed near by the sea. >> >>Grandma hopes to find them all as she climbs the Family Tree. >> >> >> >>She wanders through the graveyard in search of date or 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 were 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, whose eyes light up with glee, >> >>Each times she finds a missing branch for the Family Tree. >> >> >> >>Their skills were wide and varied, from Carpenter to Cook, >> >>And one (Alas) the record shows was hopelessly a crook. >> >>Blacksmith, weaver,farmer,judge,some tutored for a fee. >> >>Long lost in time, now all recorded on the Family Tree. >> >> >> >>To some it's just a hobby, to Grandma it's much more, >> >>She knows the joys and heartaches of those who 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 supposed ! >> >>Grandma will cook and sew, serve cookies with our tea. >> >>We'll all be fat, just as before that 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. >> >> >> >>We tried to change the subject, we talked of everything, >> >>But then in Grandma's voice we heard that old familiar ring. >> >>She told him all about the past and soon was plain to see, >> >>The Preacher, too, was nearly snared by 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 quite 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 were filled with sorrow, our hearts sank 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. >> >> >> >>Author Unknown. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>==== ENG-CAMBRIDGESHIRE Mailing List ==== >>. >> >> >> >> > > >==== ENG-CAMBRIDGESHIRE Mailing List ==== >. > > > >