Beneath the Wraps

               Two years ago this month, we were contacted by a property rental with availability.   I have a friend who had said she'd be driving to Newport the following day.   I talked her into leaving a day early so that I could ride with her and she could take me to my destination.                   Two years ago we parted ways.   After securing the rental, Denise dropped me off at the gas station where I planned - and eventually did catch a bus.   I was somewhere between Boise and Salt Lake June 6, 2015 when my brother called to let me know of my Uncle's passing.                 Facebook memories have provided memories of the trip and of Uncle Ross's passing.   My daughter-in-law Jeanie passed away exactly two years later.   She is the third child of her mom and dad to pass away within the last eight years.   All three ...

          On February 28, 1944 Corrie ten Boom was arrested along the rest of her family  for having broken the law. They had not turned in all of their bikes or radios.  They had not kept curfew.  They hid Jewish people.           The entire family had been taken to Scheveningen prison in Holland.  Each member of the family was put into his or her own cell.  There was no contact between them – or even with the other prisoners. The cells were concrete with steel doors with a tiny slot in which food was inserted.  Their only contact was the voice of the gruff guards.           And one day the guards didn’t come. In June 1944 Corrie and her sister Betsie were taken to Vught Concentration camp in Southern Netherlands.  For their uniforms, they were given paper thin dresses marked with X’s.  They were exp...