"Connections" is an opportunity to reminisce, remember, and celebrate our stories as children of Hubert and Johanna Beun. It is also a way for the Beun siblings to connect and share the memories of our childhoods with grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren. The Invitation (first post) was my original thought for a methodology of collecting and publishing our stories. However, that seems clunky, cumbersome, and challenging. Therefore, I'll simply start a post with a memory or topic and entrust my siblings to add their memories and insights.
This becomes an attempt to translate our “oral histories” to a written dialogue as siblings. .
As 2026 unfolded, I enjoyed my usual New Year’s plate of sauerkraut, sausage, and mashed potatoes. And I wondered: when did sauerkraut enter my choice of delightful foods? Was sauerkraut served during my childhood and teenage years? My siblings helped clarify that we did not have sauer-kraut during my childhood years, and not all of…
Beun Family Connections 