Spent a few days earlier this week in Germany catching up with an old friend I met in Japan. We went to Christmas markets in Berlin, Weimar, and Erfurt, trudged through the snow and drank a lot of glühwein. It was a great time.

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A great lady named Lovie died last week. My brother and I called her "MawMaw". She helped raise numerous family members from her own children, step-children, and grandchildren. They were each better for it.

She was 92, lived a strong life and will be missed by many.

Her funeral is today in Charleston, West Virginia. I am saddened to not be with the rest of my family to remember her greatness and the countless ways she helped to shape us. But I am comforted in the knowledge that I can take the memories of our time together anywhere I may be.