Posts Tagged ‘conduct’

Who we are

Monday, May 19th, 2014

At the end of your lives we will not be judged by our academic successes, the degrees and diplomas earned, the positions held, the material wealth acquired, or the power and prestige, but rather on the basis of what we have become as a person and who we are in conduct and character.

–Howard W. Hunter

 

For a sneak peek at the first 20+ pages of my memoir, Walled-In: A West Berlin Girl’s Journey to Freedom, click “Download a free excerpt” on my home page and feel free to follow my blog about anything German: historic or current events, people, places or food.

Walled-In is my story of growing up in Berlin during the Cold War. Juxtaposing the events that engulfed Berlin during the Berlin Blockade, the Berlin Airlift, the Berlin Wall and Kennedy’s Berlin visit with the struggle against my equally insurmountable parental walls, Walled-In is about freedom vs. conformity, conflict vs. harmony, domination vs. submission, loyalty vs. betrayal.