tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1189514062264938733.post3503112100687132477..comments2023-10-29T23:35:29.738+00:00Comments on Love Letter from London: The RAF's SweetheartsMiss Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06952933650748631441noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1189514062264938733.post-91706596517965222472013-11-12T22:26:37.681+00:002013-11-12T22:26:37.681+00:00Your comment makes me very much wish I could have ...Your comment makes me very much wish I could have said thank you to the person who found and handed in my brooch. Well, I can hope that they too benefit from the kindness of a stranger some day too. <br /><br />In one way, I felt silly getting so emotional over an object but when I had thought I'd lost it for good, I did manage to make myself look rationally at it. All the same time, I felt utterly relieved and happy to have found it, because we can't help but put meaning into certain things we own... Particularly when they have come to you for special reasons or have particularly fond memories or whatever reason it is. So long as we're not attached to ALL things in such a way, I suppose!Miss Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06952933650748631441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1189514062264938733.post-47995360322640114672013-11-12T22:21:05.902+00:002013-11-12T22:21:05.902+00:00What an incredible, and horrifying, situation for ...What an incredible, and horrifying, situation for your great-grandfather and his brother to have found themselves in. My grandfather had a German penpal before the war and of course had to stop writing to him... and he never heard from him again after the war, so to this day do not know if he survived or not. I always thought that so poignant and tragic. Like you say, there must have been so many people with these kind of situations. After all, any rational person knows that people in other countries are all human and many people even then would have had personal connections - family, friendships - with people in other countries around the world. For those international communications and relationships to suddenly be terminated by the direction of world leaders must have been surreal and confusing and horrific.Miss Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06952933650748631441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1189514062264938733.post-36963646830050790852013-11-12T11:55:23.163+00:002013-11-12T11:55:23.163+00:00Yes, Miss Marie, an emotive post. "Exquisite...Yes, Miss Marie, an emotive post. "Exquisite" IS the word for the remarkable War Memorial too! Your brooches are both lovely and completely different in style. I would love for the person who handed in your lost brooch, to find out the joy he/she brought to you. I can just imagine how you must have felt. Makes you think, doesn't it? As does placing yourself in the shoes of a sweetheart. Also, Jessica, so does your moving story of the two brothers born in Germany. Very difficult, I would imagine. You'd either think a lot about just what you were fighting for, or try to avoid it! Susan Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06096174755215969268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1189514062264938733.post-44037079795468825682013-11-11T11:37:30.901+00:002013-11-11T11:37:30.901+00:00What a touching, lovely post. I too had relatives ...What a touching, lovely post. I too had relatives (including one of my great-grandfathers and his brother, the latter of whom, tragically, was killed in battle) who fount (for Canada) in WW2. The really interesting thing about these two men is that they'd both been born in Germany, moved to Canada as boys (with their folks), and fought on behalf of their adopted land, against their very own (original) countrymen. My great-grandfather passed away long before I was born, and so I never got to discuss his war experiences with him, but I can't help thinking when I reflect on this subject, that it must have difficult for him on some level to be in that kind of position, knowing that had he never left Germany, he'd have most likely been in one the very uniforms he was set to kill (or at least capture) men wearing. No doubt there were many men (and women) the world over in similar shoes, and I'm sure it was at least a bit hard to get their head around for most. <br /><br />♥ Jessica Witchcrafted Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02992822472797191121noreply@blogger.com