During my last visit to the Free State for a Brink family reunion, I decided to drive to the original farm where my father grew up, which is located in the southern part of the province. This photograph was taken from outside one of the broken conservatory windows looking in.
“When an elder dies, it is as if an entire library has burned to the ground.” This is a very old, but true African saying. One cannot help but wonder about the hundreds of conversations, hours of laughter and millions of memories that were created on this site.
