2020 continues to give us new information about what is actually happening in the world – in all it’s ugly, horrific truth, and also where the shadows of ourselves need to be brought into the light.
When we look back over our lives, we can identify many turning points and crossroads. Places in which we had a CHOICE on how to proceed. In reality there are no ‘mistakes’ or ‘wrong choices’ because each choice we make still leads us to where we need to go. Even those choices that bring tremendous pain and grief. Those may be the most powerful as the parts of us we have refused or weren’t ready to look at are ready to be explored.
As I look back over the last 10 years of my life, specifically from 2015 to the present when I began traveling and living in Europe, I am seeing many things. New connections. Things healed I did not realize were. Lessons learned. Hard times and good times. If I could go back to my first trip overseas, I would have made a much better attempt at journaling my days every night before bed. However, that trip was so packed and I was so exhausted most days I didn’t. I have a million photos from that trip to remind me what we did. Some notes in my journal but not at the depth I wrote on my second trip. The second trip I took alone and it created even more change than the first. What follows are the journal entries (for the most part) of my second trip which created an even more powerful spiritual transformation in me.
These articles were originally posted on my WWII Research & Writing Center website in 2015.
If you are interested in some of my European and Spiritual Journey since this trip, pick up a copy of my memoir, I BRING DEAD GUYS HOME.
October – NOvember 2015 Journey through europe and my soul
Spiritual Journey in the Soldier’s Footsteps
Spiritual Turning Points & Crossroads
Day 2 Part 1 – (15 October 2015)
Day 3 – 16 October 2015 – Bastogne, Belgium
Day 4 – 17 October 2015 – Bastogne, Belgium
Day 5 – 18 October 2015 – Netherlands, Margraten, Maastricht
Day 6 – 19 October 2015- Henri-Chapelle & Remember Museum
Day 7 – 20 October 2015 -Ammerzoden
Day 8 – 21 October 2015 – Heeswijk
Day 9 – 22 October 2015 – Arnhem
Day 10 – 23 October 2015 – Wandering Ammerzoden & Writing
Day 11 – 24 October 2015 – WWII Presentation at CRASH Museum near Amsterdam
Day 12 – 25 October 2015 – Zaltbommel, Netherlands
Day 13 – 26 October 2015 – Goirle, The Netherlands – Speaking for Liberation Day
Day 14 – 27 October 2015 – Honoring Dutch Liberators and War Dead
Day 15 – 28 October 2015 – Speaking on WWII records at Groesbeek, the Netherlands
Day 16 – 29 October 2015 – Den Bosch and the Ring
Day 17 – 30 October 2015 -Goree-Overflakkee Speaking Event & War Dead
Day 18 – 31 October 2015 – Lovenstein and antique shops
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