Hope,<\/span><\/i>
Is the Only thing we have to hold onto<\/i>
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<\/i>Said the short, blue eyed, reddish-blonde haired Jewish woman to the young girl. <\/i>The young girl looked into her eyes and then down to her arm. The numbers emblazened on to her skin by hatred and evil.<\/p>\n“Come, let me share something with you.” The two made their way up the stairs and into a bedroom. The door closed behind them.<\/p>\n
Again, the old woman looked at the young girl and held up her arm. Seventeen, “medical experiments.” I met my husband as we walk out of the Camp together, free at last.<\/p>\n
The doctors said we would never have a child because of what was done to me. All of the doctors say this, but One. One, tell me, “go home, sweep the floor with a broom, side to side.”<\/p>\n
“I go home and I sweep the floor.” Silence filled the room as those sky blue eyes looked into the young woman’s soul. “I go home and I sweep the floor and I have a son!” Their eyes held each other for what seemed like a very long time. The young girl cried inside for the woman’s pain of enduring horrific “medical experiments” , the internal strength of Hope and the Miracle of a baby boy.<\/p>\n
This blog is dedicated to a dear friend who is challenged with the struggles of infertility.<\/span><\/p>\nMy dear friend<\/i>, God blessed Abraham and Sara with a son and he blessed this old woman and her husband, who met in a Nazi Concentration Camp, with a son. I know that He will bless You too<\/span>!
<\/i>Remember, Hope<\/i>
Is the Only thing we have to hold onto.<\/i>
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<\/i>* This is a true story, I was the young girl.<\/i>
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