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November 25, 2011 By Janneke

Dumb Gratitude to True Gratitude

Yesterday I shared how as a child-immigrant I felt and thought, a mixture of sorrow, anger and nobody understands me. I was also an invisible immigrant. Until I opened my mouth, and spoke American with a Dutch accident, I seemed just like other children. I was also an immigrant seeking gratitude for …

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June 27, 2011 By Janneke

Miracles – Tis a Gift to be Simple

Simple miracles, I have learned from family survivors of World War II, are actually magnificent miracles. (be sure to keep reading to the end forJewel's rendition of  Tis a Gift to Be Simple) To have enough food, loving fellowship (gezelligheid), safety, time in nature, all of these are the gift of …

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March 6, 2011 By Janneke

30 Days of Light 1-Gentleness

Gentleness In nature light rarely arrives in a flash, or all at once like a floodlight.  Some light is breakthrough light, like a messenger through clouds and tree tops. “Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path." Psalm 119:105 (NIV) Most light gently arrives at dusk, and departs at …

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Janneke Jobsis Brown
Following Shadows is inspired by my own story. As a survivor of an international childhood with parents who were World War II survivors, I know the generational after-effects of starvation and slave labor in Japanese concentration camps for my father, and the terror of Nazi occupation for my mother. I know the challenges of struggling to feel at home across three countries: The Netherlands, Iran and America.

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