Thursday, December 27, 2007

Don't Give up the Fight

clipped from www.ellenbailey.com

Don't Quit

Author Unknown

When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
When the road your trudging seems all uphill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit


Rest if you must, but don't you quit.


Life is queer with its twists and its turns,
As everyone of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about
When they might have won, had they stuck it out.
Don't give up though the pace seems slow,

You may succeed with another blow.


Often the struggler has given up
When he might have captured the victors cup;
And he learned too late when the night came down,

How close he was to the golden crown.


Success is failure turned inside out
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt
And you never can tell how close you are,
It may be near when it seems so far;
So stick to the fight when your hardest hit,
It's when things seem worst that you mustn't quit!

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Sassy, this one is for you too! Jen

Tuesday, December 4, 2007

Alone on an island of ice


I am alone
Alone on this island of ice
Wouldn't it be nice to not be so alone

Postpone all these feelings
Delay them till later

Would this help in my case?
Chase these feelings away
Till another day?

It is so cold here
Not a warm vein flowing
Just this icy tear
running down my cheek

Cried so many tears
for so many years
Just wish I can disappear

But lo...I am away
on this lonely island of ice
with one hope lingering so near
yet too far
It is running astray

How can I capture it
Grasp it tight and not let it go?
Persue it with strength and courage
to better my spirit

I think I will try
to swim away from this
lonely island of ice
Wouldn't it be nice

to be warm again
to be whole again
not only for myself
but for the children too

Oh my children
they are so full of life
so warm and gentle

deep down inside
they strive for the same thing
happiness, wholeness, and love

Sunday, December 2, 2007

Potentially Interesting Park Geneology

I found a geneology website with the following record for a Nathan Park(e)"

"Nathan PARKE (2402, FSP422) was born on 20 May 1774. He married Pamelia HEATH (2417, FSP422W) circa 1795. He witnessed "Among the early settlers in the west portion of the town, were Samuel Coleman, Clark Bailey, Nathan Park, Zenas Northway and Ozias Northway, who kept a tavern near the Post Office, Archibald and John Garfield, Graudius Cuddeback, whose widow is a niece of Major Moses De Witt; Wm. Sniffen, Hendrick Upperhousen, a Hessian who was captured from the British army, and John Hill, also a Hessian " before 1800 at Lafayette, Onondaga, NY.446 He died circa 1812 at Cardiff, NY."

I think she is making an assumption that Parke changed his name to Park. Or, she might think that N. Parke and N. Park are the same person... Census recorders frequently spelled what they heard, and didn't take the time to get spellings accurate. Anyhow, if her records are accurate, she has fairly extensive GEDCOM file on the Park(e)s and their relatives. I have it on my PC, and can show you when I'm in town. Click here. the GEDCOM is on her home page. Any geneology program should be able to read it. The Nathaniel Parke traces back to a Robert Parke, who was christened in Suffolk, England in 1580 and lived in Mystic, CT. There's lots of info on all the Park(e)s in between. They were mostly in Voluntown and Preston, CT. Neat stuff.

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