| epilogue where the paths led Libka followed her heart to drama school and became an actress and a playwright. Her love of books drew her into the publishing field. Golda’s editorial skills opened doors at established publishers. She also researched and wrote compelling works of life and death in Lithuania. She located the mass graves of her relatives and arranged for the restoration of the abandoned cemeteries in their shtetls. Beryl used his training and award-winning skills in package design and became part of the growing allure of consumer packaging. He remained the family patriarch, a role he assumed at sixteen when Yosef died and left his mother and five children, including one-year-old Dina. Shneyer became a professor of art and a sculptor, later going into development of beautiful homes and communities in environmental settings. Dina entered the visual arts and pursued her talent while living in Mexico. Later she settled in Massachusetts and became a social worker. Sara remained in the family home and kept busy with translation works. She had read her way through the library of the Russian masters and also Shakespeare while in her village in Lithuania and never lost touch with the written word. Sara’s remarkable grandchildren brought joy and laughter to her home once again. She was well into her eighties when she turned out the light for the last time. |
