Sue we are blessed to be a part of your family.   But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, & self-control. Gal. 5:22  Deborah Skillington       Columbia, TN 38401 ----- Original Message ---- From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 1:34:10 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