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ellie LeJeune
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since 2000-01-10

Posts 4156
King of Prussia, PA USA

0 posted 2000-11-07 07:10 AM

When I was just a little girl.
the family would travel by train
to Louisiana
where Grandma lived.
I have such vivid memories,
of those long ago train trips.
But all my happy memories,
revolve around
the Porters on the train.
Grizzly haired middle aged men,
who smiled and laughed.
They were so dignified,
yet full of fun.
I remember how they took charge
of all the children.
Their laughter and their songs
for us.
The endless games they'd play.
Always gentle and full of fun.
I remember feeling safe,
and carefully watched over,
by these wonderful
Porters on the train.

le coeur a ses raisons que la raison ne con-nait point....the heart has its reasons that reason knows nothing of..

Marge Tindal

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since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

1 posted 2000-11-07 07:22 AM

Ellie~
You just touched a memory that warms my heart to this day.
When my children were young we took them
on a train trip so they could experience the train,
lest it become a thing of the past.

One of my sons pouted at the menu for lunch
and the porter asked him what he wanted -
my son said he wanted a peanut butter and jelly sandwich -
that porter laughed and said he'd be right back -
he returned with that magic peanut butter sandwich.
That dear sweet man had gone to his own cabin
and got peanut butter for my son.
His smiling face still looks back at me from the family photo album.
What a memory !
Thank you.
~*Marge*~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
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BSC

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since 2000-02-04

Posts 2919
New York, USA

2 posted 2000-11-07 09:12 AM

Ellie ~ What a wonderfully written memory you have written. My parents used to talk of the train trips they'd take to see each other before they were married, and when my brothers were little, that's how they would travel to see my grandparents, guess by the time I came along, it was travel by car... What a treat to take the trip with you. Bonnie

nakdthoughts
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since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

3 posted 2000-11-07 09:46 AM

I remember feeling safe,
and carefully watched over,

Ellie- that is a nice memory to hold onto isn't it (huggzz)

~Wynter

"The worst prison would be a closed heart".
...Pope John Paul II

Dennis L. White
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since 2000-02-17

Posts 1463
Michigan, U.S.A.

4 posted 2000-11-07 05:27 PM

Ellie,
Precious memories of bygone days stay with us for a lifetime! Delightful narratition here!
Dennis :^)

Moonbeams radiate
When the veiling cloud has passed
Playful shadows dance

Dennis L. White :^)

Denise

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-08-22

Posts 22648

5 posted 2000-11-07 08:27 PM

Very nice, Ellie!

Denise

Solstice Son
Member

since 2000-09-19

Posts 469

6 posted 2000-11-08 04:23 PM

** just keeps applauding...occasionally tossing another boquet of roses to the stage... **

Sol

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