> Hello all; Just recieved this from another list hope you enjoy. Lew Eby > > >>> : >>> >>> << >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 and such, Mothers and 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 >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> >(Written by >>> >Linnie Vanderford Poyneer >>> >one night after a long day of research) >>> >>> >> >> > > >==== PERKINS Mailing List ==== >Submit your Earliest known Perkins. Find out how at: >http://pages.prodigy.net/kathycorriher/EP/EP.htm >It's a Great Day to be a PERKINS > >