Monthly Archives: April 2012

Reliving D-Day

Posted on April 14, 2012 by Sunny

Interesting image, isn’t it? This is the honored effigy of John Steele, the paratrooper of America’s  82nd Airborne who, on that fateful night in 1944, was unlucky enough to land on the St. Mère Eglise Church steeple, and dangling by … Continue reading →

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The Wobbly Waitress

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Sunny

Betsy, my little Chihuahua-Pekingese mix, and I stopped in Caen on our way through Normandy, France to see the D-Day beaches and some of the related WWII museums. It was the first stop on our Spring Break trip. I chose, … Continue reading →

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Consequences

Posted on April 8, 2012 by Sunny

I’ve been thinking a lot about my mom lately. So many things about where I’m living now, Belgium, remind me of her. We were together in Germany for several years when I was a teenager, so my life and hers … Continue reading →

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