splendid suns

A smiling little boy, with little to smile about. He lives in one room with his father, babybrother and heavily depressed mother. She had to leave her children behind in Afghanistan Today I finished 'A Thousand Splendid Suns' . A bridge between me and them.

Encounter II

My friend who is adopted is pregnant.
'This (looking at her belly) is the first family I'm going to meet', she said.

Encounter I

This is how I was sitting in the train this evening. Thinking about today. Two encounters. One expected, one unexpected (very). Both were a jump back in time.

wisdom..

I realy need some

Storms

I have a thing about storms. I just love it. Toninght there was a major one. That happens only ones in every five years. This I heard on the radio this morning.

And I slept through the whole thing.

new!

Not a (little) girl anymore

we were talking about growing older
the good thing is your friends do too

Perfect

Bit of chatting, picknicking and reading on a lovely little beach

Wanted: a Captain

(yesterday) I forgot how much i like being on the water. Maybe I should find myself a captain..

Milkmaid

left side: my sister
right side: the milkmaid from Johannes Vermeer (ca. 1660)

ascension day

Hands up!

Working on a project about hands.. (to be continued)

a walk through the park..

Change of mind

N. didn't like babies. Now she wants 100 more, she says.

Ooops!

She accidently took the wrong medicines. The doctors are worried. It will be okay she says: I am a bear.

Say A!

1, 2, 3, 4....

1. New York

2. New York

3. Gift from a very dear friend

4. Gift from me to me

Sarah

Congratulations Mom!

Challenge

Keeping your peace under all circumstances

Dinner Talk

Can someone be a genius
without being a complete asshole?

I had the honor...

to design my nephews Birth-Card!

Still looking

...for a place of my own.

Source: Vraagbaak voor de vrouw

Absolutely speechless

about my newborn nephew!

& More waiting...

For this...

Black Coffee & waiting, waiting...