An Honorary Relative

I don't know this man's first name, but I will call him "Paul." Paul was the best friend of my paternal Grandfather, Vytautas. Paul and Vytautas served together in the Lithuanian Army.

Paul and his wife had no children. His wife and my paternal Grandmother, Tatjana, also became close friends. After both women were widowed, Paul's wife sometimes traveled from New York to visit Tatjana at our home in Suburban Chicago.

When Tatjana celebrated her seventy-fifth birthday, my Dad added snapshots of Paul and his wife into that photo album of cherished family that he created for Tatjana.

Tatjana wept when she saw this photo:

Kaunas, Lithuania, about 1933. Here is Paul, as a young officer.