This is wonderful!!! I love this story and the picture is a real treasure..they were such good looking people.. this is wonderful and it is going to my favorites..thanks for sharing such an inspiring wonderful love story and condolences on the loss of your wonderful parents...Great Great page!!! the layout also is awesome..
you can tell you are their daughter with the loving devotion and respect for them as they had for each other.. you did an awesome job in every minute you worked on this. thanks for sharing
Truly amazing, your journaling was very touching, I am so happy your parents managed to get away. A love story in the true sense of the word. I have saved your lo for inspiration Sue :)
Awww honey your journalling is so very touching and what an amazing story, I am sorry your family struggled so much, it really moved me to read this, love love love the classic monochromatic scheme too, fantastic work girl TFS :)
Oh, Diane this journaling gave me goose bumps!! I love it and so glad you have it down in journaling for the future...Great LO!! Love the black and white pp!!
OMGosh...what an absolutely perfect page in every way. Not only is it beautiful, but your journaling is amazing...what a story! This is so wonderful. TFS!
WOW! This is like a spy movie! What an amazing story and how cool that you have preserved it for yourself and for future generations! And what a beautiful couple they were, and the page is just awesome - cool papers and flowers!!!
What an amazing layout. I love all the detail and the black , white and cream colors are just beautiful. The journalling is wonderful, a true love story.
Hidden Journaling: My parents were born in Hungary before WWII, prior to its conversion to communism. Everything they had was taken away. Their horses, cows, land all divided up equally. The towns they are from Narda (Mom) and KisNarda (Dad) are right on the Austrian/Hungarian border. The boarder was fenced in with two fences which were guarded. If you bumped into the fence it would set off fireworks so the border patrol would know if someone was trying to flee the country. Rabbits had a tendency to set off the fireworks frequently so often the fireworks were ignored. There were also land mines between the fences. My father had been one of the people the communist had plant the land mines. He kept a copy of the map and would help people escape from the country. After helping one too many people escape he needed to stay with his aunt’s family in the neighboring Austrian town, Schocadorff, about 3 miles from KisNarda.
Now separated, my dad (24) would write my mom (16) messages written backwards and only being able to be read with a mirror. Soon, my mom set off for the dangerous journey of following him. She put on her cloths in layers and got a basket to pretend she was picking vegetables. At that time people who lived by the boarder were allowed to work near the border without suspicion. She escaped on her own.
They were married in Austria on December 15, 1957 and lived there for a couple of years waiting for their Visa to come to America. During that time my brother, Joe was born in Oberwart, Austraia. They finally got their visa and arrived in Chicago when my brother was 18 months old. They barely had a thing, not so much as a spoon to their name. Some Austrian and Hungarian friends were already living in Chicago and helped my parents with finding a place to live. With hard work and dedication they developed a very good life. My dad was a Supervisor for cement finishing and mom worked a variety of jobs eventually retiring with United Airlines.
In January 1999, my dad had a stroke that left him paralyzed. My mom took care of him for seven years before his passing in August 2005. They would have been married 50 years this December 2007. Theirs is a true love story.
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