A Bit More LFM Family History
Posted By Randy on July 26, 2010
Mrs. LFM was born in Poland during the Communist regime. She and her family, mother Izabella and father Ryszard, came to Canada by way of Italy in October 1986. Politically, this would be called a defection. On a human level, I’d call it nothing more or less than a family trying to build a better life than they could ever hope to find in cold war, Communist, eastern Europe.
Living in Italy for approximately a year as political refugees had its trials, but for a little girl it had its adventurous side as well, not least of which was hobnobbing with heads of state.
Only last week, Mrs. LFM excavated these pictures from our archives and I couldn’t resist sharing them here. Religion and politics mean nothing to children, and neither do they have anything to do with the point of this post. What strikes me here is little Diana’s excitement and grace in what had to be a supremely memorable and deeply moving moment for her parents. After all, while Catholic, they were first of all Polish, as was the man they are meeting here.
What can I say, she was always a cutie pututie! I really liked that pope, the current one not so much.
[…] were married at the Vatican, and the family remained in Rome as political refugees for a year during which time they had opportunity to meet Pope John Paul II. Under the circumstances, much bureaucracy lay between Europe and North America with most Polish […]