Lessons Learned: A blog about my life

Thursday, September 2, 1976 The doctor called and said that Elisabeth was well enough to come home today. Mom took the train to Viborg and picked her up. When she had left, Bent, Lilly, and Agner went to the nursing home to pick up Mr. Ramsdahl’s belongings. While I was alone at the house, I…

Sunday, August 29, 1976 This morning, when Mom and Bent had gone to the Hospital to visit Elisabeth, Lilly and Agner came from Sweden. I told them that Mom had put food in the fridge and that they were welcome to help themselves. Lilly brought some food in from their car that she had prepared…

Tuesday, August 17, 1976 The medicine is helping me, and I can tell my fever finally went down. I got up and started doing chores so Mom wouldn’t get upset. While Mom walked Elisabeth to school, I hurried and wrote a letter to Nick telling him what had happened, and that I could leave as…

Tuesday, August 10, 1976 Just when I thought things couldn’t possibly get any worse, I came down with a boil. I hardly slept last night because of the pain it caused. The boil is in the middle of my back, so every time I turned over, I woke up because it hurt. I have had boils before,…

Wednesday, July 28, 1976 I thought living in Canada was bad.  At least there, I had a radio with lots of different stations to choose from and a black-and-white TV with lots of channels. There is an old radio here, but there is never anything worth listening to. There is an old black-and-white TV, too,…

Going back to Denmark. – Wednesday, July 21, 1976 After living in Canada for almost 5 years, Bent got the news that his mom had passed away. He was also told his father was not in good health and had been brought to live in a nursing home. The will stated that Bent was to…

High School – 1974-75 Summer was over, and I was to start in 6th grade. When school started, I was called into the principal’s office, where I was told that, because of my age, I would have to skip 6th grade and start 7th grade. I was terrified! I didn’t think I was smart enough…

Going to Church with Kjeld, the Home teacher. Our home teacher, Kjeld, came over regularly. He invited me to go to church with him. I knew you had to wear a dress for church. I didn’t own a dress. I started to save up for one. When I had finally saved up enough money for…

Secret Vacation  I was excited to go on a vacation with Mom and Elisabeth. I felt I would explode if I didn’t tell someone about the secret trip. I was also afraid that if I told someone, and Mom found out, she would change her mind about bringing me. I managed to keep the secret!  Off to…

February 1970-Mom’s Wedding  At the beginning of February, Mom noticed she was spotting. The doctor told her she needed to go to the hospital because he thought she might be losing the baby.  When we or anyone else asked Mom why she was in the hospital, she said it was because she was having complications from the car wreck…