While looking for summer photographs, I came across this photograph of my grandfather Graham and this poem by Edgar A. Guest that my my grandmother Graham saved in her scrapbook.
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Words To Live A Life By.
He really was like that too, in spite of it being sort of a sappy poem.
I really like that poem – despite the soppiness – particularly the phrase “life’s overalls” – I’ve never heard of the name Mershell – is it unusual or a common name or a surname that’s been made into a christian name if you know what I mean?
I have never heard of the name Mershell outside of my family. My mother said it was originally Michel but someone changed it because Michel wasn’t an American name.
How flattering. I knew I liked his face.