Dear Phoebe - - - This is absolutely so perfect. My niece and I have visited so many cemeteries to record information of our unknown ancestors. I will now start doing this too. Not only that, I am forwarding this to every one on my "gen" list. Good show gal. Love - cuz Dixie - the river rat PSBU@aol.com wrote: > I received the following little "poem" from a friend who types this on a 3x5 > card then puts her name, relationship, snail-mail address and e-mail address > on the back, then laminates it, punches a hole in it and ties it to a single > stem artificial flower and puts it on her ancestor's graves when she is > visiting cemeteries whether those close by or in different states. That way > the next person who might be researching may get in touch with her. I think > this is a great idea. > > Phoebe > > Dear Ancestor: > Your tombstone stands among the rest; > Neglected and alone > The name and date are chiseled out > On polished, marbled stone. > It reaches out to all who care > 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, in bone. > Our blood contracts and beats a pulse > Entirely not our own. > Dear Ancestor, the place you filled > So many 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.