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Comment on "Garden of Memories" Memorial (Yartzeit) Candle Holder with "Forever in our Hearts" Matchbox Sleeve

Catherine WItherell — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:56:42 GMT

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.

Comment on "Garden of Memories" Memorial (Yartzeit) Candle Holder with "Forever in our Hearts" Matchbox Sleeve

Lora — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:57:27 GMT

And I'm *so* sorry for misspelling your name!!! My fingers were working on muscle memory.
L~

Comment on "Garden of Memories" Memorial (Yartzeit) Candle Holder with "Forever in our Hearts" Matchbox Sleeve

Lora Hart — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:56:23 GMT

Just beautiful Amy. Thanks for sharing your process. A very loving tribute to your grandparents. I'm sorry for your loss.

Comment on Back to Poland

Irene Hepps — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 22:45:26 GMT

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.

Comment on Back to Poland

Bobbie Becker — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 18:10:46 GMT

Aimee,
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.

Comment on Back to Poland

Ann Rider Woods — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 01:54:40 GMT

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.

Comment on Back to Poland

Helene Casella — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 19:05:01 GMT

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.

Comment on Silver Coin Locket for my grandmother's 1943 Liberty $.50 piece

Marvin Krakow — Tue, 31 May 2011 18:05:49 GMT

The story and the beauty of your work took my breath away.

Comment on Silver Coin Locket for my grandmother's 1943 Liberty $.50 piece

Laura Atoian — Mon, 30 May 2011 19:11:48 GMT

Aimee, you are a beautiful "old soul". Thank you for sharing. Love to you and your family.
Laura

Comment on Silver Coin Locket for my grandmother's 1943 Liberty $.50 piece

Joanne Buzaglo — Sun, 29 May 2011 21:47:47 GMT

a poignant story and beautiful piece... it all lends itself to hope....