One of the first tasks in the Genealogy Do-Over was to
interview family members. Sadly, we have almost no one left in my parents' generation to interview. My mother, Doris Lichtenthal Falcone passed away on
Dec. 2, 2011. Today she would have been 83 years old.
I spent some time regretting the fact that I didn't embark
on my genealogical journey earlier, then remembered a project my daughter
Caitlin did while she was in school. Caitlin interviewed her grandmother, her "Omi", about her 1938 journey to
America and videotaped the interview to share with the class. Thanks
to my son-in-law, Andy, who hooked the VCR up to the new flat screen TV, I was
able to view the video last week. I can’t
think of better topic to write about on this day.
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| Caitlin interviewing her grandmother. |
While I am going to share the facts of my mother’s 1938
immigration experience, this post is not about facts. It’s about life. The
things that happen to us. The things we can’t control. The manner in which we
handle those things makes our life what is – for good, for bad, for the better.
