tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125402567351329247.post3908758024411253066..comments2024-03-11T16:39:12.344-05:00Comments on Once A Knight ...: "I Found A Silver Lining"Nico Van Thynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07072351355184106484noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125402567351329247.post-31680736351103409982016-02-02T21:27:16.389-06:002016-02-02T21:27:16.389-06:00From Cathy Cowan: Your mother continues to teach u...From Cathy Cowan: Your mother continues to teach us the value of each person and the blessings of each day when you share her writings. Thank you.Nico Van Thynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07072351355184106484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125402567351329247.post-41494410403324817462016-02-02T21:26:40.526-06:002016-02-02T21:26:40.526-06:00From Frank Thaxton: Two awesome people that I will...From Frank Thaxton: Two awesome people that I will never forget. The older I get, the more I realize the impact these two wonderful people had on my life.Nico Van Thynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07072351355184106484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125402567351329247.post-25291654500320220632016-02-02T07:25:13.251-06:002016-02-02T07:25:13.251-06:00From Philip Kopuit: Thanks for sharing this. Amazi...From Philip Kopuit: Thanks for sharing this. Amazing story by a very brave woman. So glad she was my aunt!Nico Van Thynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07072351355184106484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125402567351329247.post-3376594867665854192016-02-02T07:11:07.231-06:002016-02-02T07:11:07.231-06:00From Sarah Akin: This is such an amazing recollect...From Sarah Akin: This is such an amazing recollection of the Holocaust. It is history that must always be remembered.Nico Van Thynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07072351355184106484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125402567351329247.post-67541902210266868132016-02-02T07:10:27.749-06:002016-02-02T07:10:27.749-06:00From Hl Ross: It truly was an honor to have known ...From Hl Ross: It truly was an honor to have known them well. Their memories will live on for many years.Nico Van Thynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07072351355184106484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125402567351329247.post-53970576163900010672016-02-02T07:09:31.986-06:002016-02-02T07:09:31.986-06:00From Rod Chandler: She was a gift to all of us who...From Rod Chandler: She was a gift to all of us who had the honor of hearing her share her story. The first time I heard her speak at Sunset Acres Elementary School I was captivated. I heard her speak at least a dozen times, and she always had the full attention of the audience.Nico Van Thynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07072351355184106484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125402567351329247.post-86059620293375193942016-02-02T07:08:50.370-06:002016-02-02T07:08:50.370-06:00From Greg Pederson: Extremely powerful and moving ...From Greg Pederson: Extremely powerful and moving words by your mother. Thanks very much for sharing them.Nico Van Thynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07072351355184106484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125402567351329247.post-13748989560722147352016-02-02T07:06:43.451-06:002016-02-02T07:06:43.451-06:00From Dru Mason: Oh my! What a moving piece. It bro...From Dru Mason: Oh my! What a moving piece. It brought tears to my eyes. Man's inhumanity to man. How can this have happened and is it happening again? I have to share.Nico Van Thynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07072351355184106484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125402567351329247.post-33353566401874432472016-02-02T07:05:27.987-06:002016-02-02T07:05:27.987-06:00From David Oliver: I was spellbound reading your m...From David Oliver: I was spellbound reading your mother's words -- beautiful, poignant with a not-so-veiled warning to which we should pay close attention. Thank you for sharing.Nico Van Thynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07072351355184106484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125402567351329247.post-68356964593814283712016-02-02T07:04:20.125-06:002016-02-02T07:04:20.125-06:00From Lonnie Dunn: This blog is so touching and pro...From Lonnie Dunn: This blog is so touching and profound. It is so relevant to our world situation right now! Everyone who cherishes life and freedom must read your mom's comments and hear her soul. I hope you approve my sharing with FB friends that I pray will share it on and on. I loved your parents. We cannot let the world ever forget!Nico Van Thynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07072351355184106484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125402567351329247.post-38808496312579036382016-02-01T22:34:07.778-06:002016-02-01T22:34:07.778-06:00From Jim Pruett: Unreal reality. Beautiful, gut-wr...From Jim Pruett: Unreal reality. Beautiful, gut-wrenching words. Try as we might, we who live in privilege have no framework deep enough for truly understanding the Rose/Louis experience. Thanks for sharing.Nico Van Thynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07072351355184106484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125402567351329247.post-41389828814209630052016-02-01T22:18:22.757-06:002016-02-01T22:18:22.757-06:00From Dee Bustillo: This brought tears to my eyes. ...From Dee Bustillo: This brought tears to my eyes. I have always read everything printed about your mother. She was a wonderful person. I told the buyer of her home all about her. I told the buyer that her new home had a great history.Nico Van Thynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07072351355184106484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125402567351329247.post-54646734111608733042016-02-01T22:16:17.439-06:002016-02-01T22:16:17.439-06:00From Marilyn Meyer Kaplan: This incredibly poignan...From Marilyn Meyer Kaplan: This incredibly poignant piece is especially important I think when there is so much fanaticism and demagoguery in the world. Nico Van Thynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07072351355184106484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125402567351329247.post-19528520693229778602016-02-01T22:12:46.523-06:002016-02-01T22:12:46.523-06:00From Reina Spier: Kitty sent me your mother’s stor...From Reina Spier: Kitty sent me your mother’s story.<br />Today here in Amsterdam we had the Auschwitz remembrance day. Cold, grey, wet and gloomy, as it should be.<br />The survivors have nearly vanished now (although some good friends, some family partly in the States and partly in Israel and partly here among whom is my husband), but we’ll go on keeping their memories and telling their gruesome stories.Nico Van Thynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07072351355184106484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125402567351329247.post-60760887127026615662016-02-01T22:09:31.431-06:002016-02-01T22:09:31.431-06:00From Kitty van der Woude: Your parents were so ama...From Kitty van der Woude: Your parents were so amazing. How is it possible that in some Middle East countries they work with schoolbooks with the text: All Jews should be annihilated. Official books, in official schools ...Nico Van Thynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07072351355184106484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125402567351329247.post-10546262861013903542016-02-01T22:08:00.355-06:002016-02-01T22:08:00.355-06:00From Tommy Youngblood: Your parents' recollect...From Tommy Youngblood: Your parents' recollections are always stunning. We can never forget.Nico Van Thynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07072351355184106484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125402567351329247.post-51881400317237652342016-02-01T21:17:47.065-06:002016-02-01T21:17:47.065-06:00From Jon Stephenson: Reading your Mom's blog r...From Jon Stephenson: Reading your Mom's blog reminds us that we really don't have anything to complain about.Nico Van Thynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07072351355184106484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125402567351329247.post-7196505079257349452016-01-29T08:56:54.108-06:002016-01-29T08:56:54.108-06:00From Marcia Landers Wiseman: FYI, Larry's ance...From Marcia Landers Wiseman: FYI, Larry's ancestors were Jewish and from Germany. The name was originally Weismann. They relocated to London before the Night of Terror, changed their spelling of their name to Wiseman, and the children converted to Methodist. His family never talks about it, but his Aunt Janelle, the sole girl in her generation, told me the story to share with [daughter] Dyan. Larry was always pro-Jewish and remembered his heritage. We would celebrate the first night of Hanukkah and Passover in our home with a menorah and the plate of Passover foods. Did he ever tell you this story?Nico Van Thynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07072351355184106484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125402567351329247.post-40830118549106198932016-01-29T08:52:02.988-06:002016-01-29T08:52:02.988-06:00From Steve Ferguson: Having led a dozen pilgrimage...From Steve Ferguson: Having led a dozen pilgrimages to Israel over the years, I never fail to visit Yad Vashem -- and remember! Shalom, My Brother, and thanks for sharing an incredibly touching story.Nico Van Thynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07072351355184106484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125402567351329247.post-75560533361468884122016-01-29T08:46:43.191-06:002016-01-29T08:46:43.191-06:00From Roger S. Braniff Sr.: Phyllis and I watched t...From Roger S. Braniff Sr.: Phyllis and I watched three hours last night on AHC -- Alternate History Channel, until midnight, documentaries about the Auschwitz camps. How ironic that you post the info from your Mother and Dad, and it being the 71st anniversary. (Not sure anniversary is the right choice of words. I associate that word with something of joy, not). Just unbelievable to us. And I must admit, I was never aware all the years we attended school together that your family was victim of this evil monstrous act of pure HATE. <br />I remember several years back the remembrance was held at our church, Summer Grove. We attended that when your mother was there giving her testimony. I remember how amazed our then Pastor Rod Masteller was with her!<br />When I opened your blog and showed it to Phyllis, I asked her to read it aloud. She almost could not finish reading it, she broke into tears of heartfelt sorrow, that someone that we knew could have been a part of such in their life. Thanks for sharing, and I am sure that there is a whole lot more that we can learn from this. God bless you, my friend.<br />Nico Van Thynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07072351355184106484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125402567351329247.post-83549062368157524232016-01-27T18:34:26.676-06:002016-01-27T18:34:26.676-06:00This should be read by every living person today.This should be read by every living person today.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02408713835643934412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125402567351329247.post-46761609533040406602016-01-27T11:03:31.804-06:002016-01-27T11:03:31.804-06:00Thank you Nico for sharing ! She was remarkable an...Thank you Nico for sharing ! She was remarkable and managed to write what our parents felt.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01072024586947843170noreply@blogger.com