The young girl held on to the top branches of the eucalyptus tree as it swayed gently back and forth. She was watching the sun as it rose of the far horizon. The intriguing aroma of the eucalyptus mixed with the smell of the pines. It was intoxicating. Annelise had attended Catholic school and was a favorite of the nuns that adored her. At Christmas she was always chosen to portray a blue-eyed angel. Annelise was a precocious child and played many tricks on the nuns and one day she was caught as she spit down on a procession of nuns. Even after being reprimanded, she again received the nuns adoration. Later as a young woman, during WWII her blond and blue eyes became a detriment. Brazilians were concerned about the large German population that lived in Brazil. The general public wanted to confine the German community, and some took violent action against those of German heritage. She went to school hoping to become a writer, but her father refused to allow that. She chose to become a nurse. She succeeded but in the end, her first love affair ended in her Marriage to Edgar Muller. The marriage proved to be short live. Edgar had roving eye and had affairs on the side. She decided a divorce was in order but at that time divorce was not allowed int the Catholic church. Then she had an affair of her own that ended with her being pregnant. After her third child, Conrad, was born, Edgar's parents tried to get custody of the two oldest children, Marlene, and Ronald. She decided that she should leave Brazil. She had American friends who had been neighbors to her in Brazil who were willing to sponsor her into the US. The friends, Georgia, and Ross Kitzmiller sponsored her into the US and help her get established. Life in the US had many challenges. Annelise excelled in overcoming the challenges. After another failed marriage, a short return to Brazil, she once again came back to the US a country that she loved. She returned married for the third time to Hans Uwe Sievert. This was the man she wished to have met the first time. He was her love for the rest of her life. There were continued challenges but she faced and survived them all and is now back together with all those that she loved.
