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Both of my parents were from Germany.
My mother a German Catholic, My Father a German Jew.
Both of my parents had very different experiences during World War II , both of them learned to love America because of it’s soldiers.
My Father and his family were Holocaust Survivors who came to the United States after the war, settling into life as New Yorkers complete with a Jewish Deli and a goal to become Americans.
My Mother, who’s family hid Jews in their shop and gave their food rations to Jews who could get none , stayed in Germany.
Both of my parents told stories about the America GI’s who gave them Chocolate and food and piggy back rides.
My Father Joined the Army not long after coming To America, they stationed him in Germany as an interpreter.
He met my mother while attending his Sergeants wedding ( he married my Mom’s sister ) and well I guess you could say I am here because of the American Army!
They say that when a baby girl is born, she caries with her all of the eggs she will ever have. I have thought about that fact many times when I reflect on my family. Sometimes I am struck by the thought that World War II could have ended my life before it began.
In a way I lived though World War II as well.
In the end I know that both of my parents loved America, Loved what this country stood for and wanted to raise their children in a place where being a Jew or a Catholic did not matter.
Thank you American Soldiers for giving people hope when they had none, and giving people freedom they so deserved.
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Categories: Friends & Family
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With his new CD out “Devils and Dust” my former favorite artist is in the news again.
His last CD “The Rising” sold over 580 thousand copies in it’s first week. “Devils and Dust” sold 200 thousand copies in it’s first week… it looks like Bruce offended over half of is fan base.
I for one will not purchase the CD. The title track about a soldier in Iraq is an insult to every American soldier past and present.
Bruce manages to twist every possible meaning of a patriotic heart into a heap of (Expletive)!
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Categories: Elections & Politics (U.S.)
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After two weeks of being “Foster Parents,” we have officially adopted our new little dog named Squeakers. She is 8 months old and weighs 6 pounds. She is half Dachshund and half Schnauzer. She was rescued from a plastic bag in a dumpster in Oklahoma. We named her Squeakers because for now anyway she does not answer to her name (it was “Tilly” when we got her) but comes running whenever you squeak one of her toys.
The entire family adores her and I wanted to know if Robbie would like to be the “DogFather”?
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Categories: Pets, Animals & Stuffies
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