The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, October 12, 2005 - B1 TERRACE STANDARD ‘DUSTIN QUEZADA 638-7283 A ew oe ow ow kk ik we ft hh Dette a EV BISHOP Giving thanks wo weeks ago, I was hit by one of those days where the things I am thankful for | almost overwhelmed me. Thus. inspired I wrote a'‘column and thought, ‘wouldn’t it be cool if there were readers similarly moved by “small” things that they’d like to share? So I requested that people e-mail the things they were thankful for. As I read them over I thought things like, ‘Oh yeah! I love that too,’ and ‘why didn’t I write that down?’ and ‘awwwwwww.” Some comments just made me laugh in agreement. Our culture is criticized as being commercial, shallow, self-centered and greedy. Fortunately, ‘there is another side. and means it, stops to pick up a leaf and to take a deep breath, or smiles and strokes the cheek of a sleeping child. Here are some of the good things that you said inspired you, gave you comfort, or. made you feel blessed. Thanks very much for shar- _ ing and for giving great book suggestions. Dear Ev, It truly is the little ‘things that you stop and notice which! am thankful for, as they always come no strings attached and completely for the moment they are....life simplified. Here are just a few... The smell of October leaves on my not so re- cently mowed lawn. The up swell of emotions that spill out of your heart, when you sneak a peek at the man you married years ago and realize how much you are still in love. ° That huggable mug full of hot tea which your hands just wrap around perfectly. A call to say hi from your best friend who lives too far. away.. The sound of a chickadee’s song in the cold: heart of winter. Cozying up in comfy p.j.’s in front of a crackling fire. That peaceful calm feeling that happens when you are in the moment and you think to yourself, ‘Life is good’. Like you said, the list goes on, and in our hurried and sometimes insane lives we forget what pleasure and comfort can be found around us. Thank you for giving me the time to stop and think about these... things, to remember, reminisce, be comforted...Life is Good. . ’ Michelle Manly Spruce Grove, A.B.” Dear Ev, I really enjoyed your column about things to be thankful for, and had this great feeling agreeing with your list, especially clean sheets, campfires,’ stars at night, the moon and e-mail. Then it hit me right in the nose: lipstick. lam grateful for the smell of lipstick, better even than new car smell. The particular singular smell of lipstick i is different than teen-age flavoured glosses. - It is less sweet, more dense and.complex. It is at once grown-up and forever a part of my girlhood. “Avon samples,” I later learned, was the proper name for children’s lipstick,.which I wore mostly in summer on Saturdays for sleepovers. _The smell of lipstick is full of promise and things to come. Sometimes it doesn’t look as nice once ap- plied as you'd have hoped, or sometimes it does but the special evening turned out to be a bit of a disap- pointment. The smell of lipstick i is potent! Char Toews . Terrrace, B.C. am Dear Ev, I felt compelled to share what I am thankful for’ because the last year of my life has personally been a very difficult one.(marriage breakdown) and now that I am on the “better side of the healing process”, I can appreciate more what DOES give me happi- ness. The three most important things in my life are: my children, my music and my career...in that or- der... So on that note, I am thankful for: having the privilege of watching my children becoming good, caring and talented young people. There isn’t too much in this world more fulfill- ing than spending time singing with a group of ‘people and creating musical bliss. I am thankful | that I have chosen a career (Kindergarten teacher) that makes me feel happy everyday. All my trou- bles vanish when I walk into my classroom with all those little smiling 5 year old faces who think I am one of the most wonderful people in the world! And a book recommendation? Well - have you ever read, “All Together in One Place” by Jane Kirkpatrick? Awesome book — mostly about the © strength of women in adversity. It was a good read during my “down” time. ; Denise Tupman Terrace, B.C. A side that appears every . time a person helps someone else, says thank you . KAREN CHRYSLER, left, meets with Arjan Wemmers and his partner Elles de Bruin. The Dutch man unearthed part of the wreckage of a ~ plane in which Chrysler's father was shot down during the Second World War. 3 Second Wor wreckage reve ROD LINK PHOTO How a Dutch man unearthed the remains of a Canadian plane shot down By ROD LINK TWO TERRACE sisters have reached back more than 60 years to connect their father with the people who helped him after he was shot down over Holland during the Second World War. : And they also discovered a young Dutch man who uncovered pieces of their father’s aircraft that lay undec- ted in a farmer’s field for decades. .“T call him my younger brother,” . says one of the sisters, Karen Chrys- ler, of Arjan Wemmers who visited here last week. Wemmers grew up with his father reading to him from a local history book the story of a Mosquito shot down over the skies of his village of Bleskensgraaf in the early morning hours of May 28, 1943. ; Flown by the sisters’ father, Cameron “Fritz” Chrysler, and con- taining navigator Ray Logan, the pair were returning to England after dropping markers for a large Allied ‘bombing raid on the German city of Essen. When one of the Mosquito’ s two engines was hit by anti aircraft fire, Chrysler flew low. in hopes of being undetected. But a German Me-] 10 night fighter pounced on the Mosquito, setting its fuel tanks on fire. Chrysler was thrown out of the aircraft when it exploded. He was able to open his parachute and land- ed on the ground. Logan did not sur- vive. Once on the ground Chrysler _ spotted some cows in a neighbour- ing field. Because.his legs were in- jured, Chrysler crawled to the field, knowing that some one would come in the morning to tend to them. He first encountered a young girl © who ran away to get help. A man then came and took Chrysler to his farmhouse. They summoned a doc-" tor who sewed up a gash in Chrys- ler’s forehead. Although Chrysler was offered a bicycle he could not ride because of his injuries. He told the people to call the police so he could surrender. Chrysler was taken to the home of a police officer where he was then picked up by German soldiers and spent two years as a prisoner of war. The story intrigued Wemners not only because it took place in his home village but because Chrysler was shot down on the day. that was to become his birthday years later in 1977. “I felt this connection,” said Wemmers who took it upon himself to find years later to find what was. left-of the aircraft. Using eyewitness accounts and listening to stories, Wemmers nar- rowed the search to a field. Armed with a metal dectector, Wemmers began looking in 2003. and spent - more than year in his quest. - “There’s