Phone rings.
Some number from my old home town.
Me: "K" - we answer the phone with our last name.
Answer: "Hello".
Despite his voice has aged I identified him as FIL.
The man who found the guy who cheated on my Dad´s money once. The "superintendent".
The man who started as police officer and had to join the forces at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.
Without a gun.Or any other weapon.
In the Munich Massacre...
I likely pooped my diaper and my BIL was in the making.
Cell phones??? Phones?? Nada.
"One police officer shot."
MIL didn´t know who? Highly pregnant and weee. Such news.
FIL always joked, "where is the other bed?!", as he really cannot understand we sleep in my Bro´s old bed.
They do not visit us anymore, the system in Braunschweig is too complicated for them and they never find a place to park the car... Sad, it is.
"Hello."
By golly!!! Say who you are on the phone!
Next time I´ll ask, "Sparky? My oven is still out of order, when will you be here to repair that?!"
This coin was a pressie from my Mum btw...
I still have FIL´s police-T-Shirt!
Even as an "old man" aka 40+ he won in swimming!
He´s still on his bike,too!
He also asked how I am doing.
And said, "if you got a job you´d be out of it now anyways, thanks to Corona, do not worry".
Hello. Thank you, FIL. My "real" Father is gone since 2002.
Glad he does not have to witness these times...
How about you/yours?
No Lion, this was Bornhausen....
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Du hast immer viele Erinnerungen an Deiner Familie. Ich versuche nicht zu denken an meiner Familie, es ist besser so. Dir einen schönen Tag, Valerie
It is special to have such a family member!
'Yours' eagle has always impressed me ... it's more beautiful than the Dutch lion! Oops! LOL
I don't like the police people ... LOL
I wish you a happy Easter weekend!
A very little HUGE hug for you, and an Easter egg! 😅
xoxo
Ach, Valerie, das tut mir sehr leid. Wenn du reden willst... Ich bin da.
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Ella, you have a Lion on the coin??? Show! Please!
I think we don´t have that eagle anymore with the European coins. Do we?
My Easter egg sure will be from a chicken!
A little BIG hug back to you :-)
Unfortunately it is no longer on the coins ...
In 1790 it was the last time that the Netherlands had a coin with the lion on it. But he is on the coat of arms of the Kingdom of the Netherlands!
Picture please? If you like him to be here as a visitor...
Father and father-in-law are both dead here, Dad in 2000 and FIL about six years ago I think. I hate talking on the phone, can never think fast enough what to say.
I am sorry they are both gone.
I hate to be on the phone with strangers, but family and friends are OK.
My FIL died in 1997 and my dad in 2004. Both my mother and MIL have also gone. I miss them all, but I think they would have struggled with these times and probably been quite afraid as they would have been in the high at-risk group.
In her later years my mother refused to drive to our home because she got so confused with the new roads, and so I used to meet her at a shopping centre at the edge of the city. Now I am the oldest one in the family, but my children don't have to run around after me yet!
Oh, Margaret. It is sad, but that is life isn´t it. FIL says, "you can get old or just die", and he is right.
Getting old hurts as we loose loved ones, but reckon they would not want us to give up.
Yet there will always be times we think of them and get sad they are gone.
But they are not really gone when we still think of them!
...I wish you a Joyous Easter Iris.
The same to you, Tom...
Ruminating on the old times. At home. All the time. All my posts now are from my archives. Getting them out for a breath of fresh air :)
Yes, crazy times these are! But also good to go back in time, no?
MAybe your dad would have forgiven him by now also. But it is hard about money, isn't it? Glad to see you have and that is an interesting story. Have a great Easter Iris. hugs-Erika
Erika, my FIL found the thief!
A happy Easter to you! Hugs!
So your FIL and MIL are both still alive are they Iris? No parents on either side still with us I'm afraid, like you I miss them all very much. Happy Easter, have fun whatever you do xox
Yes, Grace, it was some other police officer that was shot that day in 1972.
Although Ingo is nearly 8 years older than me his parents are still around. And they care about us, too. I am thankfulfor that. We miss the other ones... xox
My Dad is 98 and doing well but he doesn't really understand this whole thing that is going on. Mum is gone.
My parents are gone but still live in the heart forever.
Happy Easter. Iris
Thank you for sharing story and pictures with us!
Sad your Mum is gone, RedPat and well, who understands what is going on these days anyways? Give him a a kiss and a hug.
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Bill, yes it´s sad but you are right, they´re still in our hearts- a Happy Easter to you, too!
He sounds like quite a guy. Boy, I remember almost every moment of the Munich thing. We were glued to the television for the whole of it. Such a tragic event. It must have been terribly frightening for all the family to have him on duty then. Please tell him thank you for serving when you talk again. (I have to add, in that photo he's pretty cute, but then you know I can't resist a cyclist!)
Jeanie :-)
Thank you very big, I sure will tell FIL! I will.
Ingo said no one answered to it cause it was a German event only. Thank you for correcting that, also!
And yes for cyclists, too:-)
I remember this shooting in Olympic games, my father was glued to story
I find it sad that you miss your parents so much. They must have been very wonderful people.
Be well... mae at maefood.blogspot.com
My parents and in-laws long gone but we think of them often. We were married in the sweet 70s.
Dora, sadly it was real...
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Mae, well. I think I maybe miss them also because we did not spend much time together. They had their own shop and that always was first choice...
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Joan Elizabeth, I bet you had a very fun wedding! Stylish? And as long as we miss them, our parents, they´re not really gone...
Nice to read about your FIL, as well as your father who got cheated. My grandparents are both dead and my father died before I was born. However, I'm looking on the bright side of things and saying Happy Easter.
Oh, Elizabeth. So sorry you two never had a chance to meet, your Dad and you. What happned, would you like to tell?
My Brother hardly believes they´re all upthere watching over us - Happyx Easter to you and hugs!
I talked with my dad before the weekend. He was frustrated by the current situation and being isolated, but gets where it is coming from.
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