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Poem

STRANGERS IN THE BOX
Come, look with me inside this drawer, In this box I've often seen, At the pictures, black and white, Faces proud, still, and serene. I wish I knew the people, These strangers in the box, Their names and all their memories, Are lost among my socks. I wonder what their lives were like, How did they spend their days? What about their special times? I'll never know their ways. If only someone had taken time, To tell, who, what, where, and when, These faces of my heritage, Would come to life again. Could this become the fate, Of the pictures we take today? The faces and the memories, Someday to be passed away? Take time to save your stories, Seize the opportunity when it knocks, Or someday you and yours, Could be strangers in the box. (Author Unknown)

GENERATION60's profile
Thank you so much for posting this poem because it is so true, especially when there is a photo with no information on the back of it, I have gone through all my picture nameing the folks and the events in each picture when I die at least my descendants will know who these unfamiliar faces are and what we were all doing and I always put the date. nanafox
nanafox's profile

over 3 years ago
I have boxes of photo's left from family with no identification. It is hard to look at them without the ability to carry their names forward for future family. I have the same feeling when entering antique shops that have trunks filled with photo's that no one knows.
Great Poem
Lilabean (knickname for my first grand daughter)

lilabean's profile

over 3 years ago
Yeah! I love (sarcasm) finding a beautiful big photo with the only thing listed on the back, "Uncle Eustis".
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over 3 years ago

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