It was all positive. We especially want to thank Ray Petersime who was instrumental in bringing many war displaced persons like us to America for a new life. On behalf of my mother Anna, my sisters Maija, Ilze, Ilona and Selga thank you one and all. May God s blessing come to you. Now it has been 50 years since we came to America.
Life is good.
Our family from the original seven has increased to 45. Mother is 95 years old now. Dad died in October of 1972. Latvia is free since 1991. Four of us went back to Latvia in 1992.