Sentimental Sunday ~ Happy Mother's Day my Beautiful Mom ~

 

I love this photo of mom (1933-2010) and I . . . as I stare at it, I can see and feel the love and closeness that my mom and I shared. She was the most beautiful loving, caring, wise mom and I got to be her daughter . . . how I miss her. Happy Mother's Day Mom . . . I love you! 

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And . . . very special Mother's Day wishes to my "other" mom's. These mom's love me and have been there for me no matter what, thank you . . . love and hugs to you all.  

• Oma ~ Liselotte Haf nee Kaiser  (1913-2010) ~ My dear grandmother ~ I miss her. 
• Hazel ~ Has been a part of my life since I was about four years old
• Marie ~ My ex mother-in-law who has been a part of my life since I was fifteen years old and still a part of my life today. I love hearing the words, "You are my daughter!" 
• Nita ~ Has been a part of my life since I was about seven years old . . . we lived across the street from each other. I received my first bicycle from Nita and Gene . . . she has been a constant force of love for me, she has a very special place in my heart, her daughter Sandy and I have been friends all these years. 
• Evelyn ~ My mother-in-law, has embraced me as her own daughter as well and loves me unconditionally. 

I love you all with all my heart ~ 

 ~ Happy Mother's Day ~ 

Sentimental Sunday ~ Happy Mother's Day ~

Everything I learned about love, I learned from my Mother ~

                                         ~  Marita Golden

 

 ~ Happy Mother's Day to my very special Mom (1933 ~ 2010) and Oma (1913 ~ 2010) ~          

                       

   Who is it that loves me
and will love me forever . . .
It's you, my mother.
         
~ Thomas Carlyle

                                            

  You will forever be loved and remembered ~

~ Vergissmeinnicht ~

(Forget-me-not)

Liselotte "Oma" Haf 

19 Dec 1913 ~ 5 April 2010

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Elfriede Haf ~ Serafin
21 Mar 1933 ~ 21 July 2010

The background photo is of Hydrangea's I have growing along the front walkway of my home, one of my favorite flowers. Original post here

St. Patrick's Day Greetings ~

~ An Irish Prayer ~

 

Wishing everyone a Happy St. Patty's Day!  

Images courtesy of ~ Vintage Holiday Crafts

and one of my favorites ~ Lilac & Lavender.

Tuck DB has some amazing vintage postcards. 

Happy Valentine's Day ~

 

(Click image to enlarge if needed)

Image sources ~ 

Thank you to Lilac and Lavender and  Sarah at The Vintage Moth for her beautiful free images, Astrids Artistic Efforts, and her beautiful images, Shadowhouse Creations, Just Something I Made, and The Best Hearts Are Crunchy . . .  lots of inspiration. 

Happiest New Year Wishes for 2013 ~

 

Wishing family, friends and genea~friends, a happy and healthy New Year! 

Image courtesy of Vintage Holiday Crafts ~

Blog Caroling ~ Stille Nacht ~ Silent Night

                  Stille Nacht  (Silent Night) ~ Vienna Boys Choir ~

Silent Night (Stille Nacht)
In English

Silent night, holy night!
All is calm, all is bright.
Round yon Virgin, Mother and Child.
Holy infant so tender and mild,
Sleep in heavenly peace,
Sleep in heavenly peace.
Silent night, holy night!
Shepherds quake at the sight.
Glories stream from heaven afar
Heavenly hosts sing Alleluia,
Christ the Savior is born!
Christ the Savior is born.
Silent night, holy night!
Son of God love's pure light.
Radiant beams from Thy holy face
With dawn of redeeming grace,
Jesus Lord, at Thy birth.
Jesus Lord, at Thy birth





Stille Nacht (Silent Night)
In Deutsch (German)

Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht,
Alles schläft; einsam wacht
Nur das traute hochheilige Paar.
Holder Knabe im lockigen Haar,
Schlaf in himmlischer Ruh!
Schlaf in himmlischer Ruh!

Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht,
Hirten erst kundgemacht
Durch der Engel Halleluja,
Tönt es laut von fern und nah:
Christ, der Retter ist da!
Christ, der Retter ist da!

Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht,
Gottes Sohn, o wie lacht
Lieb' aus deinem göttlichen Mund,
Da uns schlägt die rettende Stund'.
Christ, in deiner Geburt!
Christ, in deiner Geburt!

This has been and always will be my very favorite Christmas song! Stille Nacht (Silent Night) was also my mom's very favorite and she loved the Vienna Choir Boys...so it's perfect as to why I chose it for footnoteMaven' s Tradition of Blog Caroling...thank you  fM! 
And here's to you Mom and Oma . . . Schlaf Gut . . . Schlaf in himmlischer Ruh! . . . I love you  ~


Mom ~  Elfriede Haf - Serafin (1933~2010)
Liselotte 'Oma' Haf nee Kaiser (1913~2010)
This post has been recycled from my original post for footnoteMaven's Blog Caroling post in 2011.

Happiest Thanksgiving Wishes ~

                                                                          ~ We Thank Thee ~

For flowers that bloom about our feet;

For tender grass, so fresh, so sweet;

For song of bird, and hum of bee;

For all Things fair we hear or see,

    Father in heaven, we thank Thee.

For blue of stream and blue of sky;

For pleasant shade of branches high;

For fragrant air and cooling breeze;

For beauty of the blooming trees,

    Father in heaven, we thank Thee.

For this new morning with it's light;
For rest and shelter of the night;
For health and food, for love and friends;
For everything Thy goodness sends,
Father in Heaven, we thank Thee.
~ Author Unknown 

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Wishing you and yours a very blessed Thanksgiving and hoping that

happy memories are made for generations to come. 

 

Veteran's Day ~ Our Family Hero's ~

Their Name Liveth for Evermore
    ~ Author Unknown

Thank you to all my Ancestor's and family members who have served to protect us. The above photos are only a few in our family, there are many more that I hope one day to have photos of and more information about their lives. 

Thank you to all who have served in the Military, Happy Veteran's Day in Honor of  you ~ 

In above collage clockwise:

My grandfather: Adalbert Haf, 1907 ~ 1968,  he did not serve in the U.S. but he served in the German Mtn. Rangers and was shot in the arm/shoulder during WWII.  He loved serving.  Also in the photos with my grandfather is my Aunt Inge (the mother of my cousin Pete Kaps in photo to the right) and my Oma, Lieselotte Haf 1913 ~ 2010.

My cousin Pete Kaps (3rd on the right) served in the U.S. Army. Enlisted 28 May 1975, as private E-1. Made E-5 (Sgt) after 2.5 years. Cousin Pete's ETS date was 26 May 1978. He was E-5 (Sgt) when he left the service with an honorable discharge. He was a helicopter crewchief on a UH-1H  Huey Helicopter. Pete and I just re-connected after 30 years! Love my cousin Pete!

My father, John Adam Eimes 1931 ~ 1997,  in the two photos on the bottom to the left, he served in the U.S. Army and was part of the Korean War, also wounded.

My Uncle, James Eimes (my father's brother) 1924 ~ 1989, served in the U.S. Army.

Wordless Wednesday ~ Halloween Memories

Halloween ~ ca. 1958 ~ Monterey, CA 

Mom (1933 - 2010)  and I, all ready for Halloween!

Happy Halloween!!

Photo: As I was packing up my mom's home over the last six months, we found three boxes of photo slides in mom's attic. I recently had them all made into a DVD slideshow . . . the photo above is one of many  precious photos in those boxes, that I have never seen before. I remember mom's costume so well . . . she looked gorgeous! 

Backgrounds: Playing with Brushes and Graphic 45

The Peace of Augsburg ~

Today, on August 8th, in Augsburg, Germany, the city that my mom (1933 ~ 2010) and I were born in . . . annually celebrates the Peace of Augsburg.

The Augsburg Peace Festival is a public holiday in Augsburg. Post Offices, Banks, stores, and most businesses are closed.  This public holiday is celebrated only in Augsburg and not throughout the rest of Germany.

The celebration is held in the Rathaus Platz, a shopping mall, next to City Hall. If you like, you can watch the festivities on this live web cam, keep in mind, Augsburg is nine hours ahead. As I prepared this post, I watched as workers were busy setting up for the festivities.

The Peace of Augsburg, was a treaty established in September 25, 1555, between Charles V and the forces of the Schmalkaldic League at the imperial city of Augsburg, Germany, present day, Bavaria, Germany. This treaty officially ended the struggle between two religious groups.

The Peace allowed the German princes to choose between the Lutheran or Catholic faith within the domains they controlled.  Subjects, citizens, or residents that did not conform to the prince's choice, were given a period to migrate freely to different regions where their chosen religion was accepted. On August 8th, 1629, Protestants were banned from practicing their faith in the city. The Peace of Westphalia reinstated the Augsburg Declaration of Religious Freedom in 1648. The first Augsburg Peace Festival was held on August 8th, in 1650.  


As I gleaned the information about this wonderful German city I was born in, it is my hopes that one day I can muster the courage to fly back to Augsburg (I do not like to fly!). I have deep roots in Augsburg with living family members there, it would also be an incredible experience to research my ancestry in this beautiful historic city. Augsburg was founded in 15 BC, making Augsburg, Germany's third oldest city.  I do recall mom telling me that you can still see the remains of the moat that surrounded the city centuries ago.

When I was thirteen years old, mom and I visited Augsburg and celebrated Christmas with my Oma (1913 ~ 2010), Opa, (1907 ~ 1968), great-grandmother, cousins, aunts and uncles . . . it was an experience of a lifetime. I visited the Perlachtrum, a bell tower that was built in 989, originally a watchtower. Today, you can see the Perlachtrum on the live web cam and the city getting ready for the Peace of Augsburg Festival and feel as if you are there.



The print of old Augsburg, was given to me, the keeper of our family memories and records, by my Oma in Germany, when I was in my early twenties . . . this print, proudly hangs in my home today. The print is quite large so I used my Flip Pal Mobile Scanner and then used the "stitching" tool to resize it for posting here.

Happy 4th of July ~

Wishing everyone a happy and safe Independence Day!

Sentimental Sunday ~ Happy Father's Day ~

John Adam Eimes

27  Dec 1931 ~ 14  Jan 1997

A Day of Remembrance ~ Memorial Day ~

Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal.

        ~From a headstone in Ireland

 

~  In Honor of my dad, John Adam Eimes (1931 ~ 1997)  ~

Spirit, that made those heroes dare

To die, and leave their children free,

Bid Time and Nature gently spare

The shaft we raise to them and thee.

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Unfortunately, we know too many who are buried in this cemetery . . . Terry Bennett, (1965 ~ 2003) my husbands partner on the SDPD (lower right photo), who was killed while on duty on the 26th of June 2003.  Our beloved brother-in-law, Keith Tiffany (1948 ~ 1981), who was also killed while on duty, also with SDPD,  in 1981.

The photos in the above collage were taken on the 31st of May 2010 at the El Camino Memorial Park where my Oma (19 Dec 1913 ~ 5 Apr 2010) and my beautiful mom (21 Mar 1933 ~ 21 July 2010) are buried. 

Center photo: The Veteran's Memorial, El Camino Memorial Park
Center black and white photo: My dad, John Adam Eimes ~ 1931~ 1997

Photo to the left, plaque reads: Capt. C.W. 'Nick' Carter Memorial
Dedicated by O.K. Ingram Ship
V.F.W. 1774
THE MEMORY OF VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES
November 11, 1967

Photo right and center, bares the names of our fallen officers, Terry's was the last to be etched on that stone.

Oma's and mom's gravesite (upper left hand corner).

Our family is remembering this day, the many we have lost as they served our country to keep our freedom . . . our fellow police officers we have lost while they were serving to protect us. You will always be in our hearts. Yours truly, the keeper of our memories . . . .

 San Diego County Law Enforcement Memorial Foundation and the San Diego Police Historical Association, a wonderful historical site of our law enforcement.



                                                                           

Sentimental Sunday ~ Mom & Oma ~

Everything I learned about love, I learned from my Mother ~

                                         ~  Marita Golden

 

 ~ Happy Mother's Day to my very special Mom (1933 ~ 2010) and Oma (1913 ~ 2010) ~          

                       

   Who is it that loves me
and will love me forever . . .
It's you, my mother.
         
~ Thomas Carlyle

                                            

  You will forever be loved and remembered ~

~ Vergissmeinnicht ~

(Forget-me-not)

Liselotte "Oma" Haf 

19 Dec 1913 ~ 5 April 2010

~~~~~~~~~~~

Elfriede Haf ~ Serafin
21 Mar 1933 ~ 21 July 2010

The background photo is of Hydrangea's I have growing along the front walkway of my home, one of my favorite flowers. Original post here

   

Happy New Year wishes for 2012 ~

Wishing family, friends, genea~friends, a happy and healthy New Year! 

Image courtesy of Vintage Holiday Crafts ~

Advent Calendar ~ Deceased Relatives ~

I have always had a little tree with the cute little burlap bottom for Christmas (purchased at my local craft store) on my kitchen counter for many years. I would adorn this little tree with Christmas cookie cutters and lights. Some of the Christmas shaped cookie cutters once belonged to mom . . . she gave them to me for the kids.  Our cookie cutter tree always makes my kitchen bright and sweet...the kids smile when they see it!  Now, I have two miniature Christmas trees in my kitchen/family room . . . .

~ First Ancestor Tree ~ 

Right after my maternal Uncle Adi passed away in 2004, I came up with the idea to put photos on tags of all my family members who have passed and would not be with us during Christmas. I wasn't sure what I wanted to do yet but I found paper photo tags at my local craft store and thought that they would work for the time being.

Adalbert Haf 1940~2004 and Keith Tiffany 1948~ 1981

I didn't like the size or that "store bought look" at the time but at least I could honor my loved ones on the tree right away.  I had always wanted to make my own tags and last year I had shared the idea with a fellow blogger . . . so in 2010 I made my own. Tammy, over at Rosie Cotton  liked the idea then, so in 2010, she contacted me asking if I had done them and to check hers out.   Tammy's came out beautiful and she motivated me to get started on mine.

It was hard for me to get motivated that year (2010) because I had to add my beautiful Mom (1933~2010) and my Oma (1913~2010). I just couldn't get myself started but I knew I needed to. I got together with my neighbor Claire . . . she really helped me to push myself and get the creative juices flowing!
Between Claire and Tammy, I finally did get my tags done (2010) and I was very happy with them. So . . . thank you Tammy and Claire for supporting me in a very delicate project. It's still difficult to see my beautiful Mom's tag on that tree . . . she is so very missed . . . all of our Ancestors are very missed.

I decided to place my Ancestor tree under my family tree chart . . . which is very near my kitchen and can be seen from just about every angle.  It's a perfect spot I must say.

Last year, several bloggers made the suggestion to keep my ancestor tree up all year... I am reporting, this year (2011) that I did leave it up all year, each day I would plug in the lights . . . I think it's a great way to keep our loved ones who have passed, close to us all year and especially at Christmas time.

Happy Holidays to you and yours! 

 This post originally created for the

Advent Calendar of Memories in December 2010 ~   

             With the passing of my Mom (1933~2010) and Grandmother (1913~2010)  in 2010,
I have made changes to the original 2010 post . 

Advent Calendar of Memories 2011