"We keep forgetting all of those who lived before us. 
We keep forgetting those who lived, and worked, 
and prayed, and sang, and built long before we were born.

We commit the sin of assuming that everything begins with us.
We drink from wells that we did not find. 
We eat food from farm lands we did not develope.
We worship in churches we did not organize or build. 
We enjoy freedoms we have not earned.

We should be grateful for our heritage,
 and turn our minds in grateful appreciation
 to those who lived in another day, and under vastly different circumstances
 so that we can live a better life today."



**Thank you Judie**