What should you do with a Nazi eagle?

When my mother, who was an army nurse during World War II, returned from Europe she brought home a Nazi eagle sculpture as a souvenir.

My mother told my sisters that she had taken the Nazi eagle from the rubble of a bombed-out office building in Berlin. It must’ve been a desktop ornament. And she cautioned them, telling them it was a reminder of the evil that can be brought against others.

Mounted on a marble base, the eagle is made of a silver metal and stands with outstretched wings. Clutched in its talons is a blazing swastika.

It is very ugly but it is also historical and I don’t know what to do with it.

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Real men wear butterfly wings

I have quickly grown weary of asking everyone I see about their summer, or lack thereof. Still grappling with the fact that the entire world does not revolve around me, I’ve been taking the rainy, wet, cloudy, poor excuse for a summer personally. The lack of camping, boating and all-round summer fun was depressing at first, until I looked at the silver lining and realized how grateful I find myself when spectacular days come our way.

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