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From: Paul/Lynda Willing <>
Subject: [LDR] Twas the Day Before Yesterday
Date: Wed, 01 Dec 1999 10:35:39 -4400

>
> 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)

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