My Daddy

"Fare thee well ! and if for ever,

Still for ever, fare thee well." - Byron

Jefferson Adams 1843 - 1901

Celia Aldridge Adams 1840 - 1910

Franklin Adams 1891 - 1947

Prince Adams 1916 - 1977

My daddy's ancestors came over from the British Isles. More of them came from Ireland then any other country. They landed at South Carolina which was know as a "Feeder State" because of its location on the Atlantic Ocean. After the American Civil War of 1865 they came to Louisiana, stopping and settling in Pointe Coupee Parish.

...any mans death diminishes me, because I am

involved in Mankinde; and therefore never send to

know for whom the bell tolls; It tolls for the. - Donne

The Living Years by Mike + The Mechanics

Every generation
Blames the one before
And all of their frustrations
Come beating on your door.

I know that I'm a prisoner
To all my father held so dear
I know that I'm a hostage
To all his hopes and fears
I just wish I could have told him in the living years.

Crumpled bits of paper
Filled with imperfect thought
Stilted conversations
I'm afraid that's all we've got.

You say you just don't see it
He says it's perfect sense
You just can't get agreement
In this present tense
We all talk a different language
Talking in defence.

Say it loud, say it clear
You can listen as well as you hear
It's too late when we die
To admit we don't see eye to eye.

So we open up a quarrel
Between the present and the past
We only sacrifice the future
It's the bitterness that lasts.

So don't yield to the fortunes
You sometimes see as fate
It may have a new perspective
On a different day
And if you don't give up, and don't give in
You may just be OK.

Say it loud, say it clear
You can listen as well as you hear
It's too late when we die
To admit we don't see eye to eye.

I wasn't there that morning
When my father passed away
I didn't get to tell him
All the things I had to say.
I think I caught his spirit
Later that same year
I'm sure I heard his echo
In my baby's new born tears
I just wish I could have told him
In the living years.

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