It wasn’t all bad and stressful these past months. We were only a few weeks in the country when my daughter E. and her husband (they got married last September) announced some wonderful news. I’m going to be a grandmother in December! So I quickly knit up some booties and a little hat, but I…
Author: Maggie
Oh well…
When I started writing that post last Monday, I really thought I’d be able to take some time to rest this week. Well… that didn’t really happen. Yesterday we woke up because one of T.’s clients called really early. The problem was not easy to solve from a distance, so T. decided to drive down…
Recovering
Oh my. Has it really been over a month since I last posted? The whole of July feels like such a blur. I can’t really elaborate about it (not my story to tell), but let’s just say I highly underestimated how much stuff my parents managed to store in that tiny one bedroom apartment. It…
Hard work and much needed rest
These three pictures kind of capture my weekend. On Saturday we packed some my father’s possessions (that sounds so much easier than it was) and stored it in our shed for the rest of the weekend. I took out his nice jackets and ties, because they get ruined after days and days in a stuffed…
July
Well, that didn’t go as planned. I wanted to post more often, but this week was quite the emotional roller coaster. My father got offered a room in a care home, so we were so happy to finally be able to have him live in a place where he can have his own things surround…
Thrift store therapy
Today I decided that I needed a little bit of help with my not-so-severe, but lingering depression/burn-out/stress, so I drove to town to find myself some rhodiola, because what I read about it is giving me high hopes that this will work for me (disclaimer: don’t take my advice on these things, do your own…
Hello Summer!
Two years ago, a friend and I were talking about the pros and cons of living on Curaçao. She was born and raised in Spain but lived in Ireland for a long time. We both agreed that we loved the warm weather, but we both missed having real seasons. After that talk I started to…
A whole lot of nothing
Even though we’re home together almost every day of the week, I still feel like weekends should be a little bit more special. But sometimes it’s just not. We didn’t do much at all. Or maybe that made it special? I was planning on taking pictures, but the blogger in me is not fully awake…
Noticing
We’re in The Netherlands for a few months because my father is not doing so well.This wasn’t the way I imagined to spend my summer and to be honest, I’d rather be home. It took me so long to really feel at home on Curaçao and now I feel uprooted again. It’s quite tempting to…
Time for tea
I was making myself some tea this morning and it suddenly occurred to me that this is definitely one of my characteristic things: I always end up buying a fancy teapot (at the thrift store). It may take me a while (on Curaçao apparently nobody ever makes a pot of tea), but eventually I will…