tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5166187361717841384.post1636731206021062128..comments2023-04-13T11:26:06.637+02:00Comments on The Merleys in Germany: Hot summer days in PragueMerley95http://www.blogger.com/profile/14593642789355194954noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5166187361717841384.post-50554368271569049542010-07-23T03:49:32.969+02:002010-07-23T03:49:32.969+02:00Reading your post, I am brought back to high schoo...Reading your post, I am brought back to high school history classes with Mr. Sharp and Kozba et. al. It all seemed so far away at the time, and I remember myself at least vocally complaining as to why we had to learn about these things which had nothing at all to do with our current situations and (more importantly) nothing to do with our current flames (rick w/curt p) (et. al) and whhhyyyy were we learning about countries that were not our own, much less learning about history period was booooring period.<br /><br />Yet I also remember as a child, my grandmother telling me stories, and my mother telling me to listen and remember, because soon they would be only memories, and how far away they felt. Yet how I still took some of them to heart because they were family and even at that age, you realize how sacred family is.<br /><br />And now I awake to read your words and soberly realize all I have learned in the interim years is to realize that there is "foreign" history at the same time there is "history", understanding that all of us are from the same place yet at the same time we are all from a different place...simultaneously feeling very small at the same time feeling very connected and bzuhomg your head is about to explode, until you begin a journey to experience the spectrum, as you have done.<br /><br />My continued good thoughts to you and Aaron as you explore places I have not yet been but whose roots are somewhere intertwined in our past and present. How precious and ultimate is that journey. xoJessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05117083223158861038noreply@blogger.com