[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Lost in Translation by Otto

[Posnsrch at aol.com]

In a message dated 11/1/2005 2:13:18 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
ger-poland-volhynia-request at eclipse.sggee.org Otto writes:

Oh,  Nellie, before I forget, dump out that old bag of rocks you  
carry,  their weight only diminish your joy of life.

I have learned a tremendous amount of history and useful genealogy facts on  
this list. I value this list more than any other list to which I belong 
because  everyone has such great integrity and there few insults slung. It has 
always  been a joy to read and learn from this list, and I have always felt a  
freedom to share without a pending backlash.  Thank you for  allowing all facts 
and experiences to be shared here in the spirit of sharing,  not slamming. We 
can all learn about history together, as we piece the puzzle of  our ancestors 
together. This list is one of the best there is, and hopefully it  will 
continue with no slighting comments to others. 
 
And just for the record: one of my sons-in-law is 2nd  generation Polish, my 
husband is 1/8 Cherokee, my daughters-in-law are Filipina  and Panamanian, my 
other son-in-law is 2nd generation Italian, and  we had 21 minority foster 
children. I graduated from a Christian  college, and I am a certified special 
education teacher since 1976 (now retired)  and an evening college teacher at the 
Univ of Texas at Brownsville, where  not one student knew English, so I feel 
my life reflects both my happiness and  my tolerance.  
 
I feel since this comment was made to the list, a response was necessary.  
Hopefully, any other negative comments will be sent to me directly, to keep this 
 list with a spirit of help, not pettiness. 

 
Nellie, a  68-yr-old root digger