got this in the mail today and just couldn't resist passing it on to my Hodges list family it's great reading Christy Hodges ----- Original Message ----- From: Patsy H Weikart <qmgen@juno.com> To: <WVBRAXTO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 19, 1999 2:07 PM Subject: [WVBRAXTO-L] Fw: "GRANDMA CLIMBED THE FAMILY TREE" > > > Subject: "GRANDMA CLIMBED THE FAMILY TREE" > Message-ID: <19990719.105348.-127881.5.qmgen@juno.com> > > I love this poem & printed it last year in my chapter newsletter - hope > you enjoy! > Patsy > > Grandma Climbed The Family Tree > > There's been a change in Grandma, we've > noticed as of late > She's always reading history, or jotting down some date. > She's tracing back the family, we all have pedigrees. > Grandma's got a hobby, she's climbing Family Trees... > > Poor Grandpa does the cooking, and now, or so he states, > He even has to wash the cups and the dinner plates. > Well, Grandma can't be bothered, she's 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, the serials on TV, > The only thing she does nowadays is climb 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 DAR. > A monumental project - to that we all agree, > A worthwhile avocation - to climb the Family Tree. > > There were pioneers and patriots mixed with 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 time she finds a missing branch for the Family Tree. > > To some it's just a hobby, to Grandma it's much more. > She learns 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 all suppose. > Grandma will cook and sew, serve crullers with our tea. > We'll have her back, just as before that wretched Family Tree... > > ( Virginia Day McDonald, Macon GA ) > > > ==== WVBRAXTO Mailing List ==== > ============================================================ > Braxton County List assistance: Administrator: >commander@inetone.net< > ============================================================ >