Stephanie Kamola, Reflections on my life

We were lucky to be able to send our children to colleges and saw them start their own families. Alexander chose the State of Washington as his home with his wife Lynn. He established and works in his own forest business with increasing success. his two sons excelled in their chosen fields in college, they have a little sister, Anneliese, who undoubtedly will follow scholastically in their brother's footsteps. Angela graduated from the University of Southern California and married Steve Welch, an engineer specializing in offshore oil drilling. They lived close-by. Now he works for a company in Houston, Texas. We were used to have his family living close and enjoyed their two children, Bennett and Stephanie while they were growing up. Now we fly three or four times a year to their home in Sugar Land, a suburb of Houston The children are now teens in high school were they too excel in their studies and in sports. We have our own house on their big property, complete with big living r...

We both agreed when we decided to get married to emigrate. I wanted to leave Germany, the country where I had lived since destiny had driven my parents to this country during the First World War. In almost thirty-five years I should have rooted. But in spite of family and many friends, I had always wanted to move away. Teofil after enduring five full years in the Concentration Camp Dachau, could apply as a displaced person for emigration. We had the papers for Australia and needed only a physical check-up for the whole family. When the doctor saw our delicate and well cared for children, he advised against the mass emigration which we would have to bear.  We applied for entry to the United States. We needed a sponsor but had none. Se we registered for Canada. It was easy to get the papers for Canada. However, before it happened, we found a sponsor in the USA, who gave an affidavit for our whole family. It took a few years before a quota was open. Finally, we got the permit to emigr...