>From: lcoultel@bellsouth.net >Date: Thu, 09 Dec 1999 04:29:12 -0500 >X-Accept-Language: en >To: "Donna@MBS" <mbs@inland.net> >Subject: Re: Thought You Might Find This Interesting >References: <3.0.32.19991208214145.010056d8@inland.net> > >Pass it on. >Linda > >"Donna@MBS" wrote: > >> This is really cute. Mind if I pass it on? >> Donna >> >> At 08:38 PM 12/8/99 -0500, lcoultel@bellsouth.net wrote: >> > >> >> Twas The Day Before Yesterday >> >> >> >> TWAS the day before yesterday and all through the branches, >> >> NOT a name to be found, none of my ancestors. >> >> >> >> THE Journals and Bibles were dusty and worn, >> >> WHY should we care, these kinfolk are gone. >> >> >> >> THE pictures of children and family, long ago dead, >> >> ARE scattered, crinkled, and crammed under beds. >> >> >> >> DAD in his chair, and I with a book, >> >> HAD just settled back to give the TV a look. >> >> >> >> WHEN out on the street there arose such a clatter, >> >> I sprang to my feet to see what was the matter. >> >> >> >> ON the way to the window I tripped with a crash, >> >> I tore open the curtains and looked through the glass. >> >> >> >> THE sun in the sky was nowhere in sight, >> >> THE clouds were so gray, it could have been night. >> >> >> >> WHEN what to my wondering eyes should appear, >> >> THE Mailman with packages, letters and cards of good cheer. >> >> >> >> THE driver was grumbling while sorting his letters, >> >> I knew in a moment, things had to get better. >> >> >> >> THE size of one letter stood out from them all, >> >> A distant cousin was asking about family, one and all. >> >> >> >> THE names of Grandpa and Grandma, Great Grandparents all, >> >> NEXT came my Father, my Brother, and Uncle Paul. >> >> >> >> FROM cousins and uncles to aunts and nephews, >> >> NIECES and in-laws, just to name a few. >> >> >> >> SO through the many journals and photos, and stuff I possessed, >> >> MY search for my ancestors slowly progressed. >> >> >> >> WHILE up the family tree I gradually climbed, >> >> MY ancestors names, I was seeking to find. >> >> >> >> UPON that tree I have carved many a name, >> >> THE branches of which, will never be the same. >> >> >> >> THE tree is now filled with many I've found, >> >> BUT in the search for others, now I am bound. >> >> >> >> THE ancestors whose names, I have written with love, >> >> THE Lord has gathered to take to His Father above. >> >> >> >> WITH so many names yet to be carved on that tree, >> >> I have little time to waste on games and TV. >> >> >> >> GATHERING names, photos, histories and places, >> >> REQUIRES a lot of love, patience, and God's good graces. >> >> >> >> SOME were Farmers, Soldiers & such, Mothers & Fathers >> >> who struggled much. >> >> SOME were Settlers, who traveled far, some Adventures, >> >> who followed the stars. >> >> >> >> SOME were rich, but most were poor, they came by ship, >> >> seeking more. >> >> SOME died young, others old, many their stories yet untold. >> >> >> >> I cried when I thought of those brothers and sisters, >> >> FOR I am who I am, thanks to my ancestors. >> >> >> >> MY family is but one branch on the Tree of Life, >> >> A tree that grew strong through toil and strife. >> >> >> >> ALONE, I'm just a bare twig or a stub, >> >> TOGETHER we build a Family Tree of Love >> > >> > >> > > > >