What a great vignette! You did an expert job of transporting the reader from 2020s COVID-lockdown in the U.S,. to Belgium in 1938, via your aunts' homes in the 1960s and 1970s. My heart went out to your 10-year old father, trying to cope with the upheavals in his childhood, and to him as an elderly man, reliving that pain and struggling with the burden of those memories.
Thank you for sharing this, Jen. This is such an important story and so powerfully communicates the decades-long memories that your father has carried with him. It is meaningful to hear this personal account that gives voice to a part of history that should be remembered. I am looking forward to the next installment.
Thank you, Jen, for this lovely, elegiac meditation on love, aging, and memory. I love how you took a single question (“So, about that check…”) and led us poignantly through your family’s journey. You are accepting the mantle of memory keeping with wisdom and grace.
This was enthralling. I felt I was listening to you tell it, Jennifer. Thank you for writing it and sharing it. These stories must never be forgotten. I will keep reading as you post.
What a great vignette! You did an expert job of transporting the reader from 2020s COVID-lockdown in the U.S,. to Belgium in 1938, via your aunts' homes in the 1960s and 1970s. My heart went out to your 10-year old father, trying to cope with the upheavals in his childhood, and to him as an elderly man, reliving that pain and struggling with the burden of those memories.
Beautiful. I’m crying. You nailed them.
Thank you for sharing this, Jen. This is such an important story and so powerfully communicates the decades-long memories that your father has carried with him. It is meaningful to hear this personal account that gives voice to a part of history that should be remembered. I am looking forward to the next installment.
Thank you, Jen, for this lovely, elegiac meditation on love, aging, and memory. I love how you took a single question (“So, about that check…”) and led us poignantly through your family’s journey. You are accepting the mantle of memory keeping with wisdom and grace.
This was enthralling. I felt I was listening to you tell it, Jennifer. Thank you for writing it and sharing it. These stories must never be forgotten. I will keep reading as you post.
Beautifully written. Deeply moving on many levels.