Reflections

DYNAMIC DUO: Here's a shot we staged last night at the request of Birthday Dreams, one of our favorite non-profits. They want to do a bio bit on CJ and Annabelle's volunteer efforts for their organization. I thought it only fitting that the Kitchen Aid make it into the photo. It sure gets a work out every time we take on a Birthday Dreams project. I used a Google Photos app to turn the stationary shots of CeeJ and Bee into an animated GIF file. 

75: Today, the Internet has been full of stories about remembering D-Day's 75th anniversary.

I thought it would be a good day for the kids and I to look back at photos from our visit to Normandy Beach a couple years back. 

It was breath-taking then and now. I feel so fortunate to have been able to stroll those grounds and reflect on the significance of what happened then. Our trip to Europe a couple of Septembers ago was one for the ages. 

Below, looking down at Omaha Beach on the so-serene day we were there, it was hard to imagine the carnage and chaos that happened there on June 6 of 1944. Definitely a turning point in the history of humanity.

https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials/europe/normandy-american-cemetery

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