An antique typewriter Each week, Denise at Girlie on the Edge blog posts a prompt word and invites bloggers to come up with a Six Sentence Story. It's a fun challenge for writers, and a delight for readers. Go over to her blog to read what others have written, and feel free to post your own story, too! This week's prompt: twist. ********************************* The kids who moved in next door were big kids--much older than her 3-year-old self--but they might be fun to play with, and as they were coming towards her, the idea of them being new friends seemed at least possible. She was rather shy, but she understood the basics of making friends, so when those neighbors crowded all around her and asked her what her name was, she didn't hesitate to answer. She thought she had spoken loudly enough, but apparently her shyness got the best of her, because they didn't seem to have heard her. "Twisty?" they asked, and recognizing she needed to be even louder, she ...
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ReplyDeleteWonderful photos. Putting faces to the men who actually fought in the wars makes learning history so much more emotional and overwhelming for me. The things they saw and did...it really was a sacrifice.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous photos... they make me feel so grateful for all of those precious men and women who serve. I love this tribute so very much Kristi!!
ReplyDeleteLove those old pictures. Without brave men and women like your family our country - the Netherlands - would not have been the same and I might have been talking German now...
ReplyDeleteEven though it's been a long time ago, it's still very much alive here and we're forever gratefull.
I am thankful that my Dad, my grandpa and my uncles all made it back safely. Not everyone did. Love your pictures.
ReplyDeleteYour grandfather was a baby in WWII, wasn't he? My uncle was 19 when he trained to fly airplanes in WWII. And the one of your great grandpa in his WWI uniform is amazing!
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