----- Original Message ----- From: <ANNASAUL@aol.com> To: <MARJORIBANKS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 23, 2000 04:43 Subject: Fwd: Poem of Life > This is authenticated and I believe in it please join in. > > > POEM OF LIFE > > Please read all of this, and the closing statement after the > poem......The poem is so true!! This is a sweet but sad little message. > > Slow Dance > Have you ever watched kids > On a merry-go-round? > Or listened to the rain > Slapping on the ground? > Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight? > Or gazed at the sun into the fading night? > You better slow down. > Don't dance so fast. > Time is short. > The music won't last. > > Do you run through each day > On the fly? > When you ask "How are you?" > Do you hear the reply? > When the day is done > Do you lie in your bed > With the next hundred chores > Running through your head? > You'd better slow down. > Don't dance so fast. > Time is short. > The music won't last. > > Ever told your child, > We'll do it tomorrow? > And in your haste, > Not see his sorrow? > Ever lost touch, > Let a good friendship die > Cause you never had time > To call and say "Hi"? > > You'd better slow down. > Don't dance so fast. > Time is short. > The music won't last. > > When you run so fast to get somewhere > You miss half the fun of getting there. > When you worry and hurry through your day, > It is like an unopened gift.... > Thrown away. > Life is not a race. > Do take it slower > Hear the music > Before the song is over. > > > PLEASE FORWARD THIS TO HELP THIS LITTLE GIRL. ALL FORWARDED E-MAILS > ARE > TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT. > > Dear All, > PLEASE pass this mail on to everybody you know. It is the request of a > special little girl who will soon leave this world as she has cancer. > Thank you for your effort, this isn't a chain letter, but a choice for > all of us to save a little girl that's dying of a serious and fatal form > of > cancer. Please send this to everyone you know...or don't know.This little > girl has 6 months left to live, and as her > dying wish, she wanted to send a letter telling everyone to live their > life to the fullest, since she never will. She'll never make it to prom, > graduate from high school, or get married and have a family of her own. By > you sending this to as many people as possible, you can give her and her > family a little hope, because with every name that this is sent to, The > American Cancer Society will donate 3 cents per name to > her treatment and recovery plan.One guy sent his to 500 people!!!!So, I > know > that we can send it to at least 5 or 6. Just think it could be you one > day. It's not even your money, just your time!!! > PLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST > Dr. Dennis Shields, Professor > Department of Developmental and > Molecular Biology > Albert Einstein College of Medicine of > Yeshiva University > 1300 Morris Park Avenue > Bronx, New York 10461 > Phone 718-430-3306 > Fax718-430-8567 > > > Barbara Gamble > 205-731-1812, ext. 301 > Pager: 888-997-6659 > E-mail: gamblebar@lrn.va.gov > Fax: 205-731-1825/1821 > > > > > > Anna > Wood Farm > Starston >