SUNDAYMEMORIES
Judy Wills
Recently, Fred and I had something happen that brought back a memory from 1967.
We were both brushing our teeth in our bathroom (we have two sinks), when we heard a ku-thunk..rumble..rumble sound. Looking at each other, we wordlessly asked each other…what was that??
We finished brushing our teeth and began searching the house for the source of the sound. Neither of us could find anything. Huh.
Later, I was in our second bathroom, when I noticed that the safety bar we had installed in the tub/shower, had fallen off the wall and into the tub! So THAT was it! I brought Fred into the bathroom with me and he re-installed it (it’s a suction grip, not installed with screws).
All that brought back the memory. We were living in Wiesbaden, Germany in 1967, on the economy (military-speak for non-military housing), in a second-story apartment.
Judy in front of our upstairs apartment
We had only been there about four months. Karen had been born a few months earlier. We had her crib set up in the “living room” area of the apartment, as it was closer to our bedroom than the second bedroom, and had more space for the crib.
One night, as we were sleeping, we were awakened by – and kept hearing a funny sound – almost like a tearing or ripping sound. It was recurring throughout the night, and neither of us could figure it out. All of a sudden, there was a tremendous CRASH! Fred was up and out of the bedroom before I could hardly lift my head off my pillow! He raced into the living room to check on Karen. She was happily sucking on her two fingers, as she usually did, as she slept peacefully on.
We were flummoxed! What had caused that sound? Not finding anything out-of-the-ordinary, we went back to bed and to sleep.
When we got up the next morning, I went into the bathroom to take my morning bath (no shower in the German house!). What to my surprise, but did I see that about six of the wall tiles had ripped away from the wall and fallen into the tub! So THAT was what had awakened us! That bathroom wall was on the other side of our bedroom wall, so the sound of the “ripping” would have been quite loud in our bedroom.
We informed the landlord and they had the tile fixed quickly.
It’s a funny memory now. It’s always amazing to me how something that happens now brings back those memories. Sometimes it doesn’t take much to find the memory.
Judy is living in Central Florida with her retired U.S. Air Force husband of 50+ years.
Born in Dallas, Texas, she grew up in the Southwestern United States.
She met her husband at their church, where he was attending the university in her town. After college and seminary, he entered the Air Force, and their adventures began.
They lived in eight of our United States, and spent six years in Europe, where their oldest daughter was born.
Judy has always been involved with music, both playing the piano and singing.
She was a stay-at-home mom for many years.
Always interested in exercise, she was an aerobic dancing instructor, as well as a piano teacher for many years, and continues to faithfully exercise at home.
After moving to Central Florida, she served as a church secretary for nearly nine years.
Her main hobby at this point in time is scanning pictures and 35mm slides into the computer.
She also enjoys scrapbooking.
She and her husband have two married daughters and four grandchildren, including grandtwins.
She and her husband enjoy the Disney parks as often as possible.
Tags: Memories, Military Life
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