It feels like a lot of people are smiling down on us.

Grandpa Herbie with the ladies; i.e. Nana (Erika), twin sister Tante Elfriede, their mother Mutti (Lena Grosse Kuhnt), and younger sister Tante Ilse. The three sisters married men who had emigrated from different parts of Germany and became best buddies while in America. At a mixer, they met the lovely girls and paired off. After marrying, they lived near one another in homes gifted to them by their father's sister, Helen Suelen. They stood by each other for the rest of their lives.