Heimwee- homecoming hero, what feeds you? "Just appreciate us. And consider us survivors, not heroes. I am not a hero; I’m strictly a survivor." from Veteran Wilbur Sharpe, this Memorial Day about being a POW in Germany from June 1943 to Jan. 21, 1945 (Ashburn Patch Newspaper, Ashburn, VA). He …
Henri Nouwen
Homesickness-Heimwee Epilogue
(read Dutch Heritage page first) Epilogue circa 1970’s, me. For some reason, I have not been able to put my feet on my Dutch-Frisian home soil again. Beloved family members drove Pake (Frisian grandfather), Mammie and I over antiek weggetjes (antique roads) to find my grandparents’ last farm house …
