In honor of my mother's birthday today (she would have been 98) we have some old Estonian Folk Wisdom. She was born and raised in Tartu, Estonia and during WW II she escaped the Red Army’s Soviet reoccupation of Estonia. Facing an uncertain future, she left her home with just two suitcases and survived bomb attacks, starvation and other life threatening challenges. She eventually found her way to a small town in Germany where she found work in a hospital and then became an Interpreter for the US Army when they occupied the area.  As luck would have it, she also met and married a young Lieutenant from Brooklyn, NY. and went on to raise a family in Queens before moving to New Jersey. Her story is one of survival, ingenuity and resilience.   

"He who helps himself will be helped by others"

("Kes aitab ennast ise, seda aitavad ka teised.") 

Estonian Proverb 

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Wishing you a most beautiful day wherever this may find you!

(Soovin teile kõige ilusama päeva kõikjal, kus see võib sind leida!)