Finally made it back from a fantastic vacation, but I think I need another vacation to recover from this one. Maybe it was the 13-hour drive since our flights got delayed, and we didn’t want to miss the cruise. Anyways, we enjoyed our vacation. We spent New Year in New Orleans, and it was fantastic. On the 31st, we visited the World War II museum, probably one of the best that I have visited so far, and I took a few pictures of displays that made me think about how the war started and why we fought.
After reading General MacArthur’s quote, I wonder if we are ever going to get there. I hope to see it during my lifetime.
Thoughts about leadership, history, and more 
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Sounds like you know how to maximize a vacation. Congratulations on all the celebratory events that were part of this vacation.
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Thank you so much.
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Espectacular. Maravillosas fotos.
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Gracias Sheila. Hace tiempo que no tomábamos unas vacaciones en familia y disfrutamos mucho.
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Great pictures. Two things have caught my eye and they’ll probably come back to me again and again this year; “then they came for me” and the generals wish that seems to elude us so much that my first thought was Palestine and Israel conflict, then I that only in heaven shall we see that dream come true.
Then they came for me obviously takes us to Nazi Germany, reminding us that we are our brother’s keeper. Therefore no man is an island.
Thank you for sharing.
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Great observations. Revisiting history is important and should help us avoid repeating mistakes from the past. However, for some reason, we continue to make the same mistakes over and over again. I guess that is our sinful nature. Thank you for your comments.
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“Needing a vacation to recover from another vacation” is so motivating! 😁 You sure did enjoy enjoy it.
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Yes we did. Thank you for your comment.
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Always hope, yes. 🙏🏻 Glad you enjoyed you enjoyed your time! 🌊
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Thank you.
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Welcome!
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Love it and looks like you had a blast Edward. So happy to hear that and yes, vacations from vacations are important. 💓
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Thank you Cindy. It was a combined celebration of wedding anniversary, birthdays, and retirement. It was a blast indeed.
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You’re so welcome. Oh what a great way to celebrate. Glad you had a blast❣️
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Vacations are always enjoyable. Your right though, you need a vacation from a vacation!
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The next one is going to be something like a silent retreat, maybe I can reduce the recovery time that way. 😆
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Looks like a good museum. I just finished the Journal of Helene Berr. She lived in France until the Nazis took her Jewish family to the concentration camps. A family friend saved her journal. Very moving account.
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Thank you for sharing. I guess I’ll be adding another book to my list.
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Helene was a college student, so she has a larger picture of the Nazi occupation than Anne Frank would have. The afterward to Berr’s book help me understand that she was able to help a secret movement to save Jewish children. She was a thoughtful person and a good writer.
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Thank you.
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Sadly, I cannot see humans will ever learn.
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You are absolutely right, but I would like to hold onto a little hope just in case.
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Indeed, we better be positive.
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