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BRAVE FACE

The inspiring WWII Memoir of a Dutch/German Child

My Beloved Husband

On October 18, 2017, Frits sailed away and arrived on the other side. I don’t know if they celebrate in Heaven, but I expect that they do. In other words, there is a pretty big party going on there today. Here, we celebrate, too. That he arrived safely in Heaven...

Hope in the Midst of Trouble

I am getting more and more restless. And yet, I find I have less energy. Our problems have been going on for about 9 months, with only more trouble in sight. It has been far too long.  My fellow Americans and I are basically struggling with three problems: Covid-19,...

My Grandfather and Meta’s Pappa

My Opa, Cornelius Antonius Bisschop, was born in 1903 in The Netherlands. He wasn’t expected to survive–most of his siblings didn’t, but, despite being very premature and getting meningitis, he both survived and thrived. When Opa was only...

My Mother-in-Law!

My husband’s mother August 23 was the birthday of my mother-in-law, Marie Johanna, called Rita. To me she was ‘mother’. I met her when I was 17 and she was 43 years old. She lived to be 82 and as her whole generation, she had to cope with two world...

Meta, the College Graduate

Twenty years ago this month my mother was awarded her bachelor’s degree. She was 65-years-old. And, as you will find out if you pre-order and, eventually, read the story of her childhood, Brave Face, persistent and determined.  Mom was married at 22 and,...