I have a pretty solid routine every evening.
I’m usually in bed by 8:00; I read or spend my time learning about chickens...whatever. By 9:00 the light goes out, and I saw lumber until about 5:00, and everything starts again.
Last night, something different happened.
I went to YouTube searching for chicken calls...you know, what does a chicken alarm sound like, etc etc. and I wasn’t paying close close close attention as Muffin had just hopped on the bed as it was time for her bedtime. (Muffin doesn’t care if I snore.). Here’s Muffin:
So, I turn back to YouTube. There is a close up of an older woman’s face. Her voice is soft with a slight accent. I don’t remember her name. I spent the next 6 hours listening to her story. You see, she was a Holocaust survivor. She was being interviewed, I believe, so that stories would not be lost of what happened. The “eyewitnesses” stories.
It was past 4:00 am when it finished. It has been years since I’ve had a ‘white night’ like that. I don’t think I will forget it for a very long time.
So what was the education I received? The interviewer asked the last question... something like ‘what would you like to pass on to people.’
After everything she had been through, she said something like be polite to other people, be gracious... and she spoke of the freedom just to live.
Her name was Helen Colin (I looked it up.)
I’m usually in bed by 8:00; I read or spend my time learning about chickens...whatever. By 9:00 the light goes out, and I saw lumber until about 5:00, and everything starts again.
Last night, something different happened.
I went to YouTube searching for chicken calls...you know, what does a chicken alarm sound like, etc etc. and I wasn’t paying close close close attention as Muffin had just hopped on the bed as it was time for her bedtime. (Muffin doesn’t care if I snore.). Here’s Muffin:
So, I turn back to YouTube. There is a close up of an older woman’s face. Her voice is soft with a slight accent. I don’t remember her name. I spent the next 6 hours listening to her story. You see, she was a Holocaust survivor. She was being interviewed, I believe, so that stories would not be lost of what happened. The “eyewitnesses” stories.
It was past 4:00 am when it finished. It has been years since I’ve had a ‘white night’ like that. I don’t think I will forget it for a very long time.
So what was the education I received? The interviewer asked the last question... something like ‘what would you like to pass on to people.’
After everything she had been through, she said something like be polite to other people, be gracious... and she spoke of the freedom just to live.
Her name was Helen Colin (I looked it up.)
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