by Caroline | May 3, 2022 | Uncategorized
We’ve been talking about it for months. Wondering if it would be possible. Wondering when we could go. Dreaming of where we would go. Now it is going to happen! My husband, myself, and my mother will be visiting the Netherlands this summer. We have the tickets!...
by Caroline | Mar 26, 2022 | Uncategorized
Today my husband made one of his favorite breakfasts: British sausages, British bacon, and… well…American eggs. For lunch he will probably have an English Cheddar cheese sandwich. I, on the other hand, will probably be happy with a piece of Edam cheese on brown bread...
by Caroline | Feb 15, 2022 | Uncategorized
After climbing out of the car, I zipped up my parka, pulled on gloves and wound my scarf around my nose and mouth. Still the wind bit through my clothing, turning my bones to ice. In the way of mothers around the world, Mom tucked the scarf into my collar, even before...
by Caroline | Jan 28, 2022 | Uncategorized
Images from Unsplash.com I am the granddaughter of a German lady who immigrated to the Netherlands in her teens. I am also the granddaughter of a half-Jewish woman whose nieces and nephew were killed upon arrival in Auschwitz. Therefore, I am the eldest daughter of...
by Caroline | Jan 18, 2022 | Uncategorized
“This is where I lived during the war,” Dad began in a trembling voice. “Look here,” he pointed in a window at the back of the red brick Viersprong building in Driebergen, “The table is still in the same place under the window. That’s where it happened.” It was about...
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