Dear William (and Daniel, Catherine, Michael & Baby Girl Y) (and your parents), (and any future descendants and their parents),
William, I just had the pleasure of seeing you via Skype — you look GREAT!
Today, let me tell you about my Wójcio Bolek. He was one of my Mom’s brothers. I previously told you how he came to pick us up when I first came to the United States — now, let me tell you a bit more.
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Good evening Prince William (and Daniel, Catherine, Michael & Baby Girl Y) (and your parents), (and any future descendants and their parents),
Let me tell you about Babcia Krysia’s Grandmother (one of your eight Great-Great-Grandmothers), Apolonia Wegleswska (nee Kosinska).
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Dear William (and Daniel, Catherine, Michael & Baby Girl Y) (and your parents), (and any future descendants and their parents),
This Day in History: Bastille Day! In 1789 Parisian revolutionaries and mutinous troops storm and dismantle the Bastille, a royal fortress that had come to symbolize the tyranny of the Bourbon monarchs. This dramatic action signaled the beginning of the French Revolution.
Dear William (and Daniel, Catherine, Michael & Baby Girl Y) (and your parents), (and any future descendants and their parents),
The other day, I mentioned that Wójcio Rysiu hiked the Appalachian Trail. Well, let me tell you about that …
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Dear William (and Daniel, Catherine, Michael & Baby Girl Y) (and your parents), (and any future descendants and their parents),
Here is a copy of my Baptismal Certificate:
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Dear William (and Daniel, Catherine, Michael & Baby Girl Y) (and your parents), (and any future descendants and their parents),
Let me tell you about the first house that Babcia Krysia and I purchased.
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Dear William (and Daniel, Catherine, Michael & Baby Girl Y) (and your parents), (and any future descendants and their parents),
Let’s talk about some recent history — September 11, 2001. It started out a beautiful day in New York City. Wojcio Rysio had just completed hiking the Appalachian Trail, and was planning to go back to Washington, DC. Rysio was going to rent a truck to move his stuff to Washington; along the way to the U-Haul rental center, we stopped at a bank in Westfield to get a certified check that he needed. While on line to speak with a teller, I overheard one of the bank customers talking about a plane that crashed into the World Trade Center.
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Dear William (and Daniel, Catherine, Michael & Baby Girl Y) (and your parents), (and any future descendants and their parents),
Let me tell you about our trip to Warszawa in Poland.
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Dear William (and Daniel, Catherine, Michael & Baby Girl Y) (and your parents), (and any future descendants and their parents),
The other day, I told you the legend about the beginnings of the Polish people — much more than a thousand years ago, there lived three brothers, known as Lech, Czech and Rus. As their tribes grew larger, they, with their tribes, decided to set out and look for a new place to live — they were known as the Slavic people.
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Dear William (and Daniel, Catherine, Michael & Baby Girl Y) (and your parents), (and any future descendants and their parents),
Did you know that you were born just a few days apart from your Third Cousin, Once Removed — Liliana Kujawska.
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