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Lori: Merry Christmas Barbara!! ((BIG HUGS))!!!
Wanda Lucia: Hi, Barbara! Thank you so much for your wishes! May you have a blessed Christmas and a very happy 2008! Hugs!
urKA-CHIKA: Hi..blog hopping. I like the color of your background. so cute! Very informative blog you have here too! check mine too if you have time. Thanks!
Annette: Hi Barbara.What a lovely pic of you in Vienna, I like the pretty dress;)Have a nice Autumn weekend.Hugs,Annette
Lori: Hi Barbara!! Happy Birthday to Diana!! I love the picture from your bathroom window!! So pretty! Have a nice weekend!! ((BIG HUGS))!!
Wanda Lucia: Hi, Barbara! I'm glad you stopped by for a visit! Long time no see! Lovely photo! Hugs, WL
Robyn: Hi Barbara! Thanks for the visit. Love your blog...I hope to go to Europe one day!!
Susan: Hi Barbara, thanks ore the visit and your concern about my shoulder. When I think of Vienna, I think of the Sound of Music, one of my favorite movies. Thanks for sharing your picture with us.
Jenean: Hello, Barbara!!! I love the new look :)
Lori: Hi Barbara!! Have a nice week!! ((BIG HUGS))!!
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September 1, 2008

4:10 PM

Just a short note...

  • Mood: exhausted but happy
  • Weather: indecisive
... to let you know that I got married last month  If you like to see pictures please go to our Wedding Site!

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August 3, 2008

6:01 PM

I know...

  • Mood: very excited
  • Weather: indecisive

... I have been shamefully lazy in updating this journal, but I have a good excuse: I'm now in the final stages of my wedding preparations, so I have got other things on my mind
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April 24, 2008

8:40 AM

Genocide Memorial Day

  • Mood: pitiful and angry
  • Weather: sunny

Today is the memorial day for the approximately 1.5 million Armenians who got killed in a genocide in the Ottoman Empire during World War I. With them died a large number of Greeks and Assyrians. Until this day Turkey, the successor state of the Ottoman Empire, deny the events, and mentioning them is prohibited by law.

See here what happend during the time of 1915 to 1922:

 

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March 25, 2008

3:12 PM

Winter is back!

  • Mood: okay
  • Weather: snowy

View from my living room window this morning:

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March 20, 2008

5:26 PM

Another Child!

  • Mood: happy
  • Weather: rainy (with some snow) and cold

Some of you will probably remember Diana, the child in Armenia  who I support since October of last year- I wrote about her here in my journal. Anyway, from next month I will support a second child. Her name is Warduhi (Varduhi) - "ward" (vard) means "rose"  in her language -, she is eleven years old and also from Armenia. She lives with her mother at her uncle's, since they had to sell their own apartment to pay doctor's fees. Her father was a veteran of the war against Azerbaijan  He returned home sick and died when Warduhi was only two years old  Her mother has health problems, too.

My original plan was to wait with the support of another child until after our wedding  However, I had seen Warduhi on the Diaconia website already in 2007 and she remained there while most other kids got supporters much sooner, so I decided to take her now and not wait any longer. Actually, from the beginning I had thought I would have liked to support her, as she looked so friendly and happy - maybe too happy in the eyes of potential supporters...   - , but at that time Hermann and I had only just started supporting Diana and her brother Gharib, and I also was sure that she would find a supporter very soon - which was not the case, unfortunately  Anyway, I guess God wanted me / us and nobody else to support her

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