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Just thinking about Iren and the kids

I was looking for an old picture of something and in the process, I ran into a few photos which all have memories for me..

As always, they make me think of Iren and the times we have shared together...

The first two pictures are from the last time that Iren and I went hiking together... they are our kids, Sashimi Miso Kobayashi, and on the right is Chu Chu..  I miss them so much ..

When I would come home from work, they would be waiting for me, so I would quickly take off my shoes, and run to the bed.  Then they would come running in and jump up on the bed. Chu Chu would always sit at my feet and wait while Sashi got his loving and kisses.. he would go crazy.. then, Chu would come and take his turn for the same.. and in an instant.. when it was over, they would run back to Iren...

We would do this every single day


One day not too long into us living here, it started to hail outside during the day. Our apartment is on the top floor with a large balcony and the hail was hitting the windows so hard, it sounded like machine guns.. it was unlike anything I have ever seen.. and the size of the hail was huge. This piece I picked up was not nearly the biggest but close to the door, it hurt like crazy to try and grab any so I took the first one I could.




Shortly after settling in Basel, still in temporary housing, we found a big park in Germany where the dogs could run freely. On this day I was photographing the Grey Heron's and Chu was kind enough to chase them towards me :)


This was the very last day we officially lived in the US. This photo is taken of the business class lounge at the airport as we await our flight to a new life. I will never forget that day. I ordered a stretch limo to take us from the condo to the airport, which came about an hour after the dog service took Chu and Sashi for their journey to meeting us in Basel.



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