It ended with the gorgeous views of the city from the terrace. On a beautiful and warm summer night. It started with a cup of coffee and a French croissant. My usual weekend breakfast (sometimes had on a Friday). Somewhere in between there was a short walk during lunch time to bask in the sun. […]
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How can a 7 year old have better analytical skills and stronger logical thinking than her 45 year old mama? She really does, and that is why I love solving problems with my daughter. She will always look at it from a different angle and suggest the solution I didn’t even know existed. And the […]
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I’m walking and thinking that I should text Beno. It’s been a while. Why haven’t I heard from him? I want to tell him that I’m grateful not only for our daughter, but also for him as a man. Yes, that’s what I will say. But why hasn’t he gotten in touch for so long? […]
Read MoreThe tree with the branches reaching across the oceans
When you get a little bit older, my love, I hope you’ll understand better that each one of us is different. Each person is unique. That means ‘one of a kind’. There are no two people in this world that are exactly the same. Even if you had a twin, he or she would not […]
Read MoreNine years
Would you say nine years is a long time? Let me think here… Yes, I think it is. Very long! So much happens in a week, and this is many many weeks. I found a video from nine years ago. Actually, no, I didn’t find it as I wasn’t looking for it. A notification popped […]
Read MoreIt’s nothing
I’m not the one for the New Year’s resolutions. I really am not. But as the year draws to an end they do tend to creep up – those thoughts of how to make the next year better, and the reflection on the year that’s ending. ‘That’s a good year’, – concluded London boy, after […]
Read MoreColor beautiful
The principal at my daughter’s school said it was usually the parents that worried the most about their kids starting school. However, I did not feel worried. Together with my future schoolgirl we did all the prep way in advance: I was as relaxed as I could be. It seems that my daughter wasn’t. One […]
Read MoreBetween the sky and the earth
When I walk with my daughter, she always looks down, trying to find some money. My explanations that it may take some serious effort as people mainly use cards nowadays and that 1 or 2 cent coins can’t be used anymore go unnoticed. She keeps trying. And yes, sometimes she gets lucky. Me, I look […]
Read MoreSome call him Andy
There is a new man in my life. I like him a lot. It’s just the beginning of our relationship, but I am sure it will last. How did I meet him? – Online. Is he single? – Happily married and has a teenage daughter. Did I spend a night with him? – Yes, and […]
Read MoreWithout you
I stopped counting the years, but I know it’s been six. The void in my heart has doubled in size: I hurt not only for myself, I hurt for our daughter, too. To her never ending questions, I have no answers. Even if I knew, I wouldn’t understand. Even if I understood, it wouldn’t hurt […]
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