A Letter to Home

Mom,

It was good to talk to you today. It was a good day. Terezin (the concentration camp) was really really interesting. Right up my alley, you know. We also saw the National Cemetery. It was kind of disappointing because it had a lot of uniform headstones. I had a great time despite the lame cemetery.

really had to reflect on a lot of things while I was there. Our family is so lucky. We're not torn apart by anything-- not an evil dictator, not family feuds, not illness (despite the Webster controversy). All of these Jews and Eastern Europeans were torn from their loved ones because of their appearance and who they pray to. Walking through the different parts of the concentration camp, I realized how our loved ones can be so close, yet so far away at the same time. I'm glad we're so close as a family. I'm glad we live in a time and country that isn't going to tear us apart and throw us into cells to wither away and die. I was listening to the birds chirp in the concentration camp and I wondered how they could sing in such an evil place. But birds don't know evil, humans do. And we have seen the Holocaust. And we need to learn from it and be grateful that it isn't us. That it won't be us. Amen.

This afternoon we went to New Town and shopped a little. Thats when I called you from the Internet Cafe. After the Cafe, we ate at a cute little French restaurant. The food was the best that I've had in Europe and the dessert, Cheesecake with peaches, was the best I've had in my entire life. It was unbelievable.

Will you call Patronella's office tomorrow and tell her I'm abroad but I [...CENSORED...] You know, all screwed up like normal! ;)

Anyway, I'm going to go. We have an early morning tomorrow so I think we're going to bed early. Tell Daddy and Kylee I said hi, and make sure to let me know that Grandma got home okay.

All my love,

Kes