Wednesday, June 9, 2010

To Know the Thoughts...

There are times that I would love to get into the head of the elderly. To hear their thoughts, see the things that they have seen in their life time. I love hearing their stories, listening to their tales of adventure. Some stories are heart wrenching, some are beautiful...
Oh, to know what Grandpa was thinking right here... as he gazes upon a B-25, a plane that he flew back in the day when he could still run and jump, before he knew any of his children's names, before he was even married. A time when life seemed to stretch out before you as a clean canvas, just waiting for the artist to add life and color to the blank screen.

December 7, 1941 changed the life for many people in this country. It changed the life of this man.. E. Bud Koorndyk. Two weeks after the attack, he enlisted in the USAAF... his life would never be the same....


3 comments:

Anonymous said...

VERY cool picture!!!

-Kelli

Mom P. said...

Beautiful!! Thank you, Lyn, for putting what we were thinking too into such beautiful words!!

Anonymous said...

Wow, you put down on paper what we were all thinking and wondering. The pictures are priceless, no value could ever be placed on those a Rembrandt does not even come close.Thank you!!!!
Aunt meriel