Cher, how wonderful to know you are home safe and sound and so good to hear from you. Hope you know that you were missed by everyone. I have tapes of my Mom and Dad telling stories and I have only been strong enough one time to listen to part of one of the tapes. Yes there were tears, but laughter also. Great memories of the days that I taped them and one of these days, months, years, I will listen to all of them, but just the thought of having them helps a lot. Welcome back lady. Joyce in MI joenash82@comcast.net -------------- Original message -------------- From: <ace1125@bellsouth.net> > > > Hi Diggers! (I havent called ya that for a long time!) > > > > Now that I am home from my dream trip. It took 31 hours to get here with the > lay overs and flights but I am safely home. AND I am so in love with the USA, > Eventhough, Australia and New Zealand are wonderful..... they 'arent the > USA'... I am a bit nostalgic....and want to write ... Like Jan and I used to > on these lists ocassionally. > > > > While some people consider genealogy to be a waste of time ..... or perhaps > the hobby of a 'bean counter' , it is much more than that. You have to have > imagination, the love of mystery....the heart of a detective. You must be > dedicated to the preservation of factual information, weeding the truth from > misinformation. And you must love history, the spnning of yarns and lore. > When a yarn is unraveled you will usually find some smattering of truth. > Remember that most of our ancestors didnt read or write...and it yarns were the > telling of history... So it too has great value. It is the salt and pepper of > the research for most of us. > > > > Please when you are with your mother or other senior family member or friend, > this Mother's Day... Remember to take a recorder or take a note pad... I love > the recorder myself... I have (with permission, of course) placed one out of > sight and visited with 'oldtimers' and gathered precious histories over a piece > of cake and coffee.....Later you can investigate the legitimacy of the stories > you were told . I have taken this to a further extreme.... I have some > recordings of my Mother, Aunt Frances and Aunt Ann and me...singing the old > hymns.... and the bantering between songs....Those precious ladies are gone now. > They were my mothers.... but I have these tapes. And sometimes when I am > particularly strong, I listen to them .... I weap a bit ...but I smile more... > and sometimes I actually sing along again....... I can hear us now... singing > 'I'll Fly Away''..... Mother would lead, Aunt Frances was Tenor, Aunt Ann was > Alto, and I was...hummm ...any where I could fit!! > (! > > usually crossing from one place to another ..depending upon who was standing > closest to me! > > > > The stories that my grandmother shared.... and my uncles... are on tape as > well in my heart..... There is just something about hearing Mama tell a story on > one of her son's when he got in trouble because he pulled up the peas from the > pea patch rather than 'picking' peas.... > > > > So please if you havent started doing this ...give it a try.... You may want > to do this for your own kids.... "Someday''.... they will cherish it. > > > > > > Its good to be home. > > Cher > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DANVILLECROSSING-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNDICKSO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message