The Maid Of Orleans

France's Heroine

Joan D’ Arc 

also called  The Maid of Orleans

After I was older and had a chance to really find out about her.

 

I was amazed she was never given Super Star Status.

Mostly because if it were not for her. 

Well I believe the French would have become a country run by English men.  Plop There goes the great migration into French Canada.

I would not be here.  Along with the countless other French descendants of the great French migration [well the French men sent anyway].

What it took for her was more then bravery along with the confidence she held.  

As well held onto her belief that she had angels guiding her.  

What Great faith.

Then after she set the King back on his throne, what becomes of our Heroin?  She is arrested as a Witch.

The French do nothing to free her.  

No instead their Backs are turned against her.  

She is burned at the Stake.

                   Aggghhhhhh!!!

To remember Joan D’Arc is to remember that women as capable to do what is necessary.  

I am so pleased to be a many-times Great Grand Niece too her.  

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Geneaolgy and Chess Game

                                    Chess

Recently I read the book"Queen of Katwe" A true story of a very young chess champion.  Has me thinking.

How many of you have played or still play chess.  In family history are we not kinda doing the same.  The King is the elusive Ancestor.  We are moving around, could be physically or sitting on your bottom using the internet.  Seeking out that ancestor who we believe is the right one.

Ah how happy we are not to have taken a DRAW,  that when we actually win this very long tedious game of ancestor chess we are successful in adding the correct name into our tree.

I learned chess when I was a teen babysitting for one of my regular babysitting jobs.  The mom was German.  She had been teaching the children.  The daughter Brenda, set me on the road to chess.  I could not get my siblings interested.  There were no chess clubs at school.  I learned as much as I could I tried to improve my game by reading the extremely boring old people chess book. 

I would teach what I knew mostly to children, it was great when they could surpass me.

Then when I had my own children I taught them to play chess .  My older son excelled in it. 

I have not played in a long time on a board,  cause now I play the ancestral game of catch the ancestor.