After retiring from the US Army in Germany, I decided to stay here for several reasons. I have lived here for several years now. Germans have welcomed me and shown me nothing but kindness and acceptance. This is just one example of the courtesy and humanity I have experienced as a Black woman in this beautiful foreign country. 

I had an appointment at a German radiology clinic to have an X-ray taken of one of my knees. I had to get that done before my second surgery on it. The German clinic wa...