Irma and Horst are special. It was as wonderful for Gerhard to meet them as it was for me to meet my family. ( We are feeling most blessed for being able to have the chance to get to know our families. ) They have one daughter, who is an accomplished concert violinist, but she was too busy in a concert be given daily at the opera house. She is also first in charge conductor of the entire orchestra when the main conductor is away. Her son and husband were also travelling away for the weekend at another musical event.
Irma and Horst live in a small apartment in the Northern part of the city not too far away from where our Gasthaus was. They made sure that we went over to their house every day so that we could share in memories of the past and in stories of family members. They fed us well and were above all, like guardian angels to us. They worried about us and cuddled us. Gerhard and they had lots of things to share as they had the language in comman, it sure did tax my abilities as I tried to keep abreast of what was being said.
Horst is an amazing record keeper of the family history so he was very glad to get Gerhard's historical side of things for his books. We had a very tearful parting on the evening of our visit as they dropped us off at our hotel.
One could say that, so far, Gerhard and I have won more love and blessings in the world than we could ever imagine.
We are to visit G's next cousin, Heike, just outside of Köln. More amazement is in store I'm sure.
As I write this about family members, I'd like to wish peace to my sister, Betty Anne, and my brother-in-law who are, at this moment, dealing with the impending passing-on of Bob's mother. We hope that you two can find the time to say goodbye with a light heart and then somehow find the way back to everyday.
Love to all.
J and G
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