Bomal

I haven’t been back to Bomal in a long time. Bomal is a village in the Belgian Ardennes, but for me, it’s a house, first. That of my godmother Jacqueline who devoted her life to caring for others. During times of war, as well as peace, she took in children, fugitives, old folks, lost dogs without a collar. Bomal was the scene of unbelievable human dramas but held its moments of grace too, like this instant of kindhearted benevolence between Marie and Chloé, grandnieces of my unfaltering godmother.

Hannah Dusar15 April 2015