woensdag 31 oktober 2012

My friend Marianne




*
december 11  2005
my friend
Marianne
passed away
She was a single mom
of twin-girls
Josanne and Josine

The girls were 21
when they lost their
mom 

They were students
and had to go on 
There were brothers and sisters
of their mother
but 
that's not the same !

They did well
Josine got married
and is a working mom
and mother of Maik and Sienna

Josanne studied 
Psychology 
and graduated in biological 
and cognitive psychology.
She also completed a research internship
at the Institute of Psychology
at the Erasmus University Rotterdam

on december 4  2012
she is defending her dissertation 

PATHWAYS TO
VIOLENCE
IN
SCHIZOPHRENIA

*
Can you imagen
the girl who played
so often at my house 
with her twin-sister
because 
they were
best-friends of my Elisabeth
that girl is now
appointed as
an assistent professor
at the Erasmus School of Law
( section of criminology )

*
Reading the invition
I got tears in my eyes

How wonderful would
all this have been for
my friend Marianne
How proud she would have been

Being a single mom
was not easy for her
and she always did
the best she could

*
so
the
five-hundred-million
BELLS
are 
for her
for sure
*

There's always 
HOPE
*

dinsdag 30 oktober 2012

BE SAFE



*
My thoughts
and prayers
are 
with/for
all the people
who are
without the safety
of their own home

*
having 
blog-friends
in the U.S.
is not the same as
having friends
in Holland

My laptop
shares a lot with me
but seeing the news
made me realize
how little I know

but one thing 
I know for sure
my thoughts
and prayers
are 
for ALL

*

maandag 29 oktober 2012

STUFF




*
AMAZING
isn't it,
how some see
THE BASKET
half empty
and others see
it half full ?

Some see life hopeless
some hopeful
Even when things 
are less than perfect.

If you can think of
THE GOOD
THE BEAUTIFUL
THE HOPEFUL
you'll be more than
sustained

*
Autumn 
is the season
to show us
so much beauty
The harvest !
to see
to feel
to taste
to cherish
to share

*
hope your week
is beautiful
*

zaterdag 27 oktober 2012

COSY


*
WISH
I could make
these
*
Anyway
I send you all
this picture
to wish you 
a cosy weekend

*

vrijdag 26 oktober 2012

* * H *A * P * P * Y * *








*
S M I L E
*

WHY ?

*

because you can !

*
Enjoy
 your
 weekend

*


in our sleep


*
in our sleep
pain
that cannot forget
FALLS
drop
by
drop
upon the heart
and
in our own
dispair

against our will

comes
WISDOM
through 
the awful 
GRACE
of
GOD
*
AESCHYLUS

*
I love to be surprised
by hearing a quote
that touches me .....
stays with me
gives me something
to think about
or
to understand
a little bit more
about
LIFE

*
wish you find a 
wonderful 
quote 
somewhere
today

*
You 
never
know

*

donderdag 25 oktober 2012



*
today
my friend Helma
called me
we had not spoken
for years 

*
we were BEST FRIENDS
from my third till my sixteenth
than we moved away
and lost contact

now and than 
a postcard
a christmas card

*
and now 
a phonecall

to hear her voice
after so many years
wonderful SURPRISE

and guess what
SHE IS MOVING
TO INDIA
FOR THREE YEARS

we promissed
to go writing
and emailing

*
you never know
what the day 
will bring

*

vrijdag 19 oktober 2012

concentration


*
when
you write down
your ideas
you
automatically
focus
your full attention
on them.

Few
if any of us
can write one thought
and
think another
at the same time

Thus a pencil
and paper
make
EXCELLENT
concentration tools

*
I am having a 
confusing
time
my head is 
very
disorganized

*
time
to sit down
and write down

and focus

*


zondag 14 oktober 2012

sometimes I love gentle


*
the voice
of beauty
speaks softly
it creeps only
into 
the most
fully
 awakened
souls

Friedrich Nietzsche
*
some days
I love my pastel colours
they feel just right
and a little bit of 
GOLD
how I love that too .....

*
hope your week will be 
in harmony 

*

vrijdag 12 oktober 2012

on the final flicker of summer's light


*
it's october
but
now and than
it looks 
like
summer
is not gone

musing
outside
with 
the sun
on my face
eyes closed
it feels
wonderful
and
brings 
faith
for all the storms
that will come

*
have a warm weekend
*

woensdag 10 oktober 2012

I love receiving post ....cards...letters.....


*
in 2010
I mentioned
how I love receiving 
post....cards....letters

How I love the handwriting
the enveloppes
the poststamps

the idea someone 
did all that

the exitement
of opening
making coffee
sit down
and 
enjoy
be inspired
be thankfull
be surprised

*
ever since
I have received
the most 
amazing
exciting
beautiful
cards
letters
packages
poststamps
handwriting-art-works

and above all
I got to know
some pretty-amazing women
all over the ocean

*
thank
you 
all
for 
being
there/here
for me

*
means
the
world
to
me
*


dinsdag 9 oktober 2012

The joy of being a grandmother


*
today
Eva was with me
she is such a 
sweet girl

*
when she is with me
my day is always 
HAPPY

*

vrijdag 5 oktober 2012

be quiescent


*
October
is here

*
summer
is leaving

*
leaving us
to bring us
inside again

*
musing 
with coffee
and little lights

*
I have to think
about what
I am going
to speak
on the service
of my sisters 
cremation

she still is
in the hospitium
but she is disappearing
slowly
from this life
to elsewhere

*
I am confused
sometimes
about 
life's 
capriciousness

*
my sister
who is only 
55 years old
is dying


my granddaughter
having her first steps

my son proposing his Vanessa

my daughter Elisabeth
recovering so great
after breastcancer
being only 28 years young

*
and here I am
so greatful
and thankful
for the life
given to me 

*


woensdag 3 oktober 2012

Yes



*
WILL
YOU
DO
ME
THE
HONNOR
OF
BECOMING
MY 
WIFE
?

my son
asked
his Vanessa
.........
she said
YES
*
I visualised
a lot
but I never
thought 
about
my children
getting married !

*
september 2013
so a whole year
to look forward

*
I love
how they love
each-other

makes me 
a very happy
mother
*

maandag 1 oktober 2012

OCTOBER


*
OCTOBER
is crisp days
and cool nights

a time to curl up
around the dancing flames
and
sink into a good BOOK

*
Happy october
for all of you 

*