The Bell Sisters Three

The Bell Sisters Three

©2002 by Bud Lemire

 

There are the Bell Sisters Three, Bev, Nancy, & Elaine

They each write me e-mail, keeping me sane

They're distant as cousin, but closer as friend

I look forward to their life's story, and what they send

They are all Canadians, my ancestors were too

Our lines connect in Quebec, the French usually do

They did a lot of research, on their family line

And we're connected by blood, their family and mine

We made contact, in the year two thousand and two

It was a Pinard tie in, and our friendship grew

Soon Bev & Elaine, were sending me mail

And later that year, their sister Nancy set sail

Now I'm getting mail, from all of the three

I send letters back, from my wife and from me

They read my poems, that I send them to read

My poetry is spiritual, and the soul it'll feed

They shared their story, of life and of loss

And how it effected them, and what it cost

With an Olive on one branch, the maternal bond very deep

Their Mom guides them spiritually, a love always to keep

I look forward to their letters to me

My dear friends and cousins, The Bell Sisters Three

Genealogy has a habit of helping you find Cousins

that turn out to be really good friends. Following

this poem, in 2003 I got to go up and meet two of

the Bell Sisters, Bev and Elaine, and other family

members and friends. We stayed up there a few

days in Richmond, near Vancouver BC, and it

was very enjoyable.