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My daughters have always challenged my notions and theories – with their ability to be fully engaged in a present moment, to become transfixed on an instant of pure emotion and of encapsulating feelings [...]

Mother’s Day Reflections, Looking Back (from May 13, 2007)… So this is Mother’s Day, and in a sweeping desire to be loved and needed, my three girls are all together – sobbing, congested with [...]

“A beautiful harmony resonated between them, as though their marriage sashayed a delightful dance. Pieter stepped forward; Cora stepped backwards. If he twirled her in one spinning direction, she joined him in whirling around, [...]

The trees are thick and knobby this side of the forested thicket, sway to the side in terrific sighs, and lurch back after a gust of wind. Birds gather in upper branches to chatter [...]

“She longed for the simple days of youth, before the heaviness of family responsibility came barreling down and suffocated her, before the crisp golden Dutch air was invaded with cold, severe metal airplanes cutting [...]

In April 2010, my dear older brother Tim had a second heart surgery. His first surgery – for an aortic dissection – was in 2003, and during emergency open-heart surgery, Tim received a graft on [...]

The Northern part of the Netherlands was finally freed! The 5th of May 1945 was their Bevrijdingsdag, “Liberation Day,” as Queen Wilhelmina announced victory and peace for the Dutch people; their Victory Day had [...]