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My Addiction -- My Blessing

Posted August 2nd, 2008 by BonneeC1

 It seems I've found a new addiction.  Not it's not tobacco or any other noxious herb or brew, rather it's genealogy.  Maybe you've gotten it too?  There is something so fascinating about studying what went on before us, before we were even thought of or about.  I'm not saying I understand all of the ancestor's motivations, I don't.  I'm not even sure I even understand adequately the time period that they lived in -- I don't. 

    I know that I've learned a great deal more about where I came from, and if on believes in generational memory (which I do), why I am the way I am.  I understand (and maybe that's too strong a word) why certain curses have followed in my family's blood line, I hope so -- I want to.  But the fact of the matter is that the more that I learn about who they were maybe -- just maybe I will learn who they really were?  One can only hope.

 

 

 

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On April 21st, 2010 LinaB says:
I admired those people who know how to accept their mistakes despite every thing bad that happened to them.They accept it with a humble heart.But despite all of those things,there are still things that should be patch-up.Yet one more kid has been poisoned due to smokeless tobacco poisoning. This makes me wonder how much longer it is going to be before parents learn to take accountability for their addictions. Certain we can blame the cigarette industries for their fairly packaging or blame the marketers for making the product appeal to children. When are we going to take a step back and ask where the parents were when their child got a hold of their nicotine? I understand accidents happen and mistakes are made, but this is not an isolated event. Come on parents we know tobacco is poisonous and we hear of it poising children all the time so when are we going to stop putting it in children's reach. If you wouldn't leave your loaded gun where a child can reach it you shouldn't leave your tobacco products either simply because they both have the potential of death to a child.