He put it better than I did. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 1:34 PM Subject: Re: [TNSMITH] I have EXCITING news!!!! > Peggy, thank you so much for that...Being the Genealogist that I am...I > often find little sayings that I plug in at places to ponder... > > On the front of my Birth Family album, I have this written by Alex Haley: > > "In all of us there is a hunger, marrow-deep, to know our heritage - to > know > who we are and where we have come from. Without this enriching knowledge, > there is a hollow yearning. No matter what our attainments in life, there > is > still a vacuum; an emptiness, and the most disquieting loneliness". > > I've found as Genealogists, we ALL seek to find information about our > heritage, but when you are adopted and know NOTHING, there is NOTHING to > seek. Just > finding OUT who my birth family was back in October of 2002, freed me > beyond > words...now, this is the Ice Cream with the Cake....Such a JOY!!! > > God gives us the emotion of Joy...and he has blessed mine to the FULLEST. > > Again, thank ALL of you for your sweet emails and words...some online and > some privately. They have meant more to me than you will ever realize. > > Being adopted, I grew up in a wonderful family, but not without issues > that > sometimes come. I have now been so very blessed with MANY families...you > are > all part of one of them. > > Thanks, Sue Gregory, Lebanon, TN. > > > > **************Get the scoop on last night's hottest shows and the live > music > scene in your area - Check out TourTracker.com! > (http://www.tourtracker.com?NCID=aolmus00050000000112) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >