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Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 15:03:53 EST

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I think this is a neat idea so I will "double forward"

Floreda

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I received this in a Roots Web Listing from Virginia. Thought it was a
neat idea and worth posting
Shirley Ashley

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>
> In a message dated 2/11/99 1:12:39 PM Eastern Standard Time, Anabelwin
writes:
> I thought I would pass this along to all Va Rooters!
> << To:=
>
> I received the following little "poem" from a friend who types this on =
a
3x5
> card then puts her name, relationship, snail-mail address and e-mail
address
> on the back, then laminates it, punches a hole in it and ties it to a
single
> stem artificial flower and puts it on her ancestor's graves when she is
> visiting cemeteries whether those close by or in different states. Tha=
t
way
> the next person who might be researching may get in touch with her. I
think
> this is a great idea.
>
> Phoebe
>
>
> Dear Ancestor:
> Your tombstone stands among the rest;
> Neglected and alone
> The name and date are chiseled out
> On polished, marbled stone.
> It reaches out to all who care
> It is too late to mourn.
> You did not know that I exist
> You died and I was born.
> Yet each of us are cells of you
> In flesh, in blood, in bone.
> Our blood contracts and beats a pulse
> Entirely not our own.
> Dear Ancestor, the place you filled
> So many years ago
> Spreads out among the ones you left
> Who would have loved you so.
> I wonder if you lived and loved,
> I wonder if you knew
> That someday I would find this spot,
> And come to visit you.
>
>
>
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