{"id":707,"date":"2018-05-21T19:06:08","date_gmt":"2018-05-21T19:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foucachon.com\/home\/?p=707"},"modified":"2018-05-21T19:31:03","modified_gmt":"2018-05-21T19:31:03","slug":"lucien-foucachon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.foucachon.com\/home\/2018\/05\/lucien-foucachon\/","title":{"rendered":"Lucien Foucachon"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Five years ago today, my grandfather, Lucien Foucachon, was gathered to his people. He loved to write poetry and wrote the poem below for our wedding in June 2008.<\/p>\n

I miss you Papy!<\/p>\n

L\u2019Ouest am\u00e9ricain les a fait se rencontrer
\nEt la vie qui parfois sait vous jouer des tours
\nSous le ciel d\u2019Idaho, ils se sont bien trouv\u00e9s
\nPour conjuguer ensemble ce que l\u2019on nomme l\u2019amour.<\/p>\n

Daniel et Lydia<\/p>\n

Edifier un futur c\u2019est l\u00e0 leur avenir
\nDes coeurs pleins de projets, une p\u00e9riode heureuse
\nV\u00e9cue dans l\u2019all\u00e9gresse, une vie \u00e0 b\u00e2tir
\nUn chemin de bonheur, une route joyeuse<\/p>\n

Daniel et Lydia<\/p>\n

Construire une famille sur un mod\u00e8le ancien
\nEn \u00eatre h\u00e9ritier, ne pas rompre la ligne
\nAspirer \u00e0 poursuivre pour unique seul bien
\nLe d\u00e9sire de savoir et d\u2019en demeurer digne<\/p>\n

Daniel et Lydia<\/p>\n

Chemins riants ou sombres, ils la parcourront
\nCette vie de bonheur parfois sem\u00e9e de peines
\nMais quelqu\u2019un leur dira qu\u2019il leur fait tenir bon
\nQuelqu\u2019un qui les ch\u00e9rit et quelqu\u2019un qui les aime<\/p>\n

Daniel et Lydia<\/p>\n

L\u2019oc\u00e9an nous s\u00e9pare des \u00eatres qui nous sont chers
\nCette lointaine Am\u00e9rique qui pourtant les enseigne
\nVoyageurs en recherche, ils sont loin de leurs p\u00e8res
\nConsolation pour nous car l\u00e0-bas la foi r\u00e8gne<\/p>\n

Daniel et Lydia<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u2014Lucien Foucachon, June 2008.<\/p>\n

Here is an English translation which does not do it justice by a long shot. Some of the poetic turns-of-phrase are very hard to translate. They are beautiful in French!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The American West brought them together
\nAnd life, which occasionally throws you curveballs
\nUnder the Idaho sky, they found each other
\nTo come together in what we call love.<\/p>\n

Daniel and Lydia<\/p>\n

Building a future, that is what’s in store
\nHearts full of projects, a happy period
\nlived in joy, a life to be built
\nA path of happiness, a road of joy.<\/p>\n

Daniel and Lydia<\/p>\n

Founding a family on an ancient model
\nTo be an inheritor, to not break the line
\nAspiring to pursue as unique only good
\nThe desire of knowing and staying worthy [of that heritage].<\/p>\n

Daniel and Lydia<\/p>\n

An ocean separates\u00a0us from those whom we cherish
\nThat faraway America, which, however, teaches them
\nVoyagers in search, they are far from their fathers
\nA consolation for us, for over there, the faith reigns.<\/p>\n

Daniel and Lydia.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>

Lucien Foucachon, holding up a photo of himself as a young man.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Five years ago today, my grandfather, Lucien Foucachon, was gathered to his people. He loved to write poetry and wrote the poem below for our wedding in June 2008. I miss you Papy! L\u2019Ouest am\u00e9ricain les a fait se rencontrer … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":708,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,134,24,58],"tags":[206,205],"class_list":["post-707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-huguenots","category-idaho","category-reformation","category-vaudois","tag-family-history","tag-lucien-foucachon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foucachon.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foucachon.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foucachon.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foucachon.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foucachon.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=707"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.foucachon.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":715,"href":"https:\/\/www.foucachon.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707\/revisions\/715"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foucachon.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foucachon.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foucachon.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foucachon.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}