Comments:

Cassie - 2006-03-04 13:45:18
Wow, what are you going to do with the relics? Have you read Night by Elie Wiesel?
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Bex - 2006-03-04 13:55:40
Gee, today in your journal you say "Never say that this is the end of the road" - my journal today is entitled "The End of a Road" - weird, huh? We are in mourning here today at Crow Cottage.
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Bozoette Mary - 2006-03-04 14:48:11
Another book recommendation: A Thread of Grace, by Mary Doria Russell. It's riveting.
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Michael - 2006-03-04 16:31:22
The tangible reminders of history such as those relics really help remind us of what the world had to go through to get us where we are now. It's great that they showed up in the hands of someone who can really appreciate them, after so many years. I too discovered the novels of Chaim Potok many years ago. I think it might be time to reread them.
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Stephanie - 2006-03-04 18:34:51
Oh yes, Cassie, I've read Wiesel's Night, Dawn, and The Accident. Powerful stuff. I'm going to keep the relics. They're not worth much monetarily, but having them is like owning a slice of history. Dear Bex, I am so sorry for your loss. My heart aches for you. Mary, thanks for the book recommendation. I'm going to take you up on it. Michael, thank you for your thoughtful words. I think it's time to reread Potok, too!
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Jim - 2006-03-04 23:23:47
I think you are right in your supposition about a American veteran having lived in your house. My Dad brought home a lot of such souvenirs from WWII. My brother and I treasure them and think of the absolute hell our father and countless others went through to save us from the Nazis. I'm saddened to think that these tokens brought home by this unknown vet were left behind, as if they had no meaning to anyone in his family.
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Stephanie - 2006-03-05 06:47:16
I hear you, Jim, but these tokens mean something to me, so the unknown vet didn't leave them behind for nothing.
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ann marie - 2006-03-05 11:44:25
What a find, Steph! Does it make up for finding bats in your attic?
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Stephanie - 2006-03-05 16:03:41
Errrr, I think I'd rather have no bats!
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aimee - 2006-03-06 19:34:58
whoa! it's always nice to have some kind of artefact from the past. makes you feel all tingly and excited. i know i would feel like that if i had it.
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victorvic - 2006-03-08 11:00:00
~V~ WOW!!!! YOU HAVE ran up on some very interesting objects..... I to am into many of the ways of judism.... reseach them things.... they might bring more into light then you can ever know :) all good! !! i'am going to send you a pic of me and cubby when he came down to see candy and i..... check out my necklist lol
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karen from philly - 2006-03-08 19:42:05
Stephanie, I was so happy to find you again! I was really missing reading about you & the girls. I remember you telling me about that dream when you were 15. Weird, huh?
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Stephanie - 2006-03-09 05:32:31
Vic, where is that pic? Karen, I kept meaning to email you with my new journal address, but never got around to it. How DID you find me? By the way, it wasn't a dream - my mother was wide awake when she had the "vision."
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