2012-02-06T04:58:34Z http://blog.aimeegolant.com/comments/atom.aspx Quick Blogcast tag:blog.aimeegolant.com,2012-01-17:15554144 Catherine WItherell http://www.happydayart.typepad.com 2012-01-17T22:56:42Z 2012-01-17T22:56:42Z They're beautiful in actuality and also in the sentiment they represent. The other thing I like about this process is that you probably thought about all the people you were close to and incidents you all were involved in with each other over the years . . . like a meditation and so the experience was even richer than anyone could imagine at first glance. Hours of love to feel and remembering is the gift to the ones who stay behind. The body doesn't differentiate or know the difference between the real or the imagined and they can both be heartfelt and intense. tag:blog.aimeegolant.com,2012-01-17:15554004 Lora 2012-01-17T21:57:27Z 2012-01-17T21:57:27Z And I'm *so* sorry for misspelling your name!!! My fingers were working on muscle memory.<br /> L~ tag:blog.aimeegolant.com,2012-01-17:15553996 Lora Hart 2012-01-17T21:56:23Z 2012-01-17T21:56:23Z Just beautiful Amy. Thanks for sharing your process. A very loving tribute to your grandparents. I'm sorry for your loss. tag:blog.aimeegolant.com,2011-08-23:11444874 Irene Hepps 2011-08-23T22:45:26Z 2011-08-23T22:45:26Z Thank you for sharing your moving article. I could relate since my family was also from Poland. Many of my family died in the crematoria. I too was able to visit Poland and the address my mother gave me for my parents' apartment. My son-in-law also found the grave of my grandfather in the Jewish Cemetery in Warsaw. Every memory is worth sharing. tag:blog.aimeegolant.com,2011-08-23:11441804 Bobbie Becker 2011-08-23T18:10:46Z 2011-08-23T18:10:46Z Aimee,<br /> Thank you for sharing your experience in visiting Poland, the land of your heritage. It reinforces the fact that we must never forget what happened so long ago. tag:blog.aimeegolant.com,2011-07-19:11206875 Ann Rider Woods 2011-07-20T01:54:40Z 2011-07-20T01:54:40Z I was touched by your account of your visit in Poland. It is more personal than any I have heard or read because of your grandparents. I worked for 12 years at a Catholic parish named for Maximilian Kolbe. He was a Polish Catholic priest who was killed at Aushwitz on August 14, 1941. Another Polish man was to be killed as part of a decimation resulting from an escape. The man cried out, "What will become of my family." Maximilian stepped forward and offered himself in place of the other man. He was put in a box to die and was injected with carbolic acid days later when he was still alive. A Holocoust survivor at the Holocoust Museum in Houston told me that Maximilian Kolbe is regarded as a "righteous Gentile." The man whose life was spared by Maximilian's sacrifice visited the parish from Poland while I was working there. He was 95 years old and had come to this country for medical treatment. He told his story through an interpreter. We were allowed to pass by him and touch him. I touched his shoulder and saw the numbers on his arm. I was so touched by his account of the years at Aushwitz before the liberation in 1945. I feel a closeness and connection to those who died there and to those who survived. We must never forget. Thank you for your account of Back to Poland. tag:blog.aimeegolant.com,2011-07-19:11206377 Helene Casella 2011-07-19T19:05:01Z 2011-07-19T19:05:01Z Aimee, this needs to be shared. Perhaps it can be published in the "J" or elsewhere. We'll talk about it when we're together. tag:blog.aimeegolant.com,2011-05-31:9924163 Marvin Krakow 2011-05-31T18:05:49Z 2011-05-31T18:05:49Z The story and the beauty of your work took my breath away. tag:blog.aimeegolant.com,2011-05-30:9905024 Laura Atoian 2011-05-30T19:11:48Z 2011-05-30T19:11:48Z Aimee, you are a beautiful "old soul". Thank you for sharing. Love to you and your family.<br /> Laura tag:blog.aimeegolant.com,2011-05-29:9887121 Joanne Buzaglo 2011-05-29T21:47:47Z 2011-05-29T21:47:47Z a poignant story and beautiful piece... it all lends itself to hope....