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Author:  Ginny G.
E-mail:  ggnadt@execpc.com
Date:  1/17/2008 4:51:06 PM
Subject:  Re: A look at the future
Message:  An important reminder for everyone, which is hitting a little too close to home right now. You maide me cry again, Larry! Thanks for posting it.

It also reminds me of Neil Diamond's "Morningside," if you'll indulge me.

"Morningside"

Morningside, the old man died,
And no one cried, they simply turned away,
And when he died,
He left a table made of nails and pride,
And with his hands he carved these words inside:
"For my children."

Morning light, morning bright,
I spend the night
with dreams that make you weep.
Morning time, wash away the sadness from these eyes of mine,
For I recall the words an old man signed:
"For my children."

And the legs were shaped with his hands,
and the top made of oaken wood,
And the children that sat around this great table
touched it with their laughter,
Ah, and that was good.

Morningside, an old man died,
And no one cried, he surely died alone,
And truth is sad,
for not a child would claim the gift he had;
The words he carved became his epitaph:
"For my children."


 A look at the future by larry larry at 1/17/2008 3:01:25 PM
 computers by larry larry at 1/17/2008 3:05:15 PM
 Re: A look at the future by Ginny G.  at 1/17/2008 4:51:06 PM
 Re: A look at the future by larry larry at 1/17/2008 6:48:58 PM
 Re: A look at the future by Ginny G. at 1/18/2008 8:54:46 AM
 Re: A look at the future by Mamie at 1/18/2008 10:38:57 AM
 Re: A look at the future by larry larry at 1/18/2008 1:47:34 PM
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