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What Would You Honestly Have Done? Destroyed The Evidence — Or Paid The Hefty Fine?
For now, my conscience pricks. My heart is heavy with guilt. What should I have done?
I just couldn’t resist sharing this delightful story today. It warms my heart to know that such honesty prevails.
After 84 years, several generations and the bombing of an English family home, a remarkable library book is back where it belongs.”
Interested? Then read on.
Just for a moment, try to imagine a war blitz in WW2.
“The word Blitz is short for the German word ‘Blitzkrieg’, which means ‘lightning war’. From September 1940 until May 1941, Germany began air raids in which they bombed parts of Britain at night-time.”
On one of those blitzes, many families lost their homes, including the one below.
The war ended…finally!
People gathered the remnants of their lives, and built new ones.
Time heals.
But scars often remain.
If you’re old enough, you will remember the library fines that were imposed when you took an overdue book back to the library. I remember paying fines.
