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It's great that Disneyland Paris is inclusive. This allowed me to enjoy the experience with my children and grandchildren.

What a magical week we had with the children and grandchildren, celebrating my husband's 60th birthday and our 12.5 wedding anniversary. Time flies when you're having fun!

Travelling through Dutch landscape.

"Rooted in Resilience" A warrior’s heart is not rigid. It grows. It adapts. It keeps moving while staying rooted. My strength does not come from resistance alone, it comes from awareness, intention, and the choice to keep becoming. I am still growing. Still turning. Still rooted.

"Where I Open, Light Enters" There is a moment where I stop bracing and start opening. Not because the world became safe, but because my heart refused to close any longer. I step into the red forest carrying everything I have lived through and still I lift my arms. Not in surrender, but in willingness. To receive. To feel. To remain human. The light does not come from outside alone. It answers something that was already glowing quietly inside me. Every falling leaf is a memory. Every spark in the air is a breath returned. This is what healing looks like for me not forgetting, not erasing but standing fully present and letting warmth reach the places that once froze. Opening is my courage. Softness is my strength.

How sad I felt yesterday seeing this area in the Broekpolder Vlaardingen, 3,000 trees were removed to remediate the soil . Trees are being replanted, but it will take many years for this area to fully mature again.

Proud and honored that "The Quiet Glow Within" and "The Beauty That Stayed" where selected by the 34 Gallery for the "Beauty" Open Call. https://youtu.be/vmmi2sqMMvY

"Color in a painting is like enthusiasm in life." -Vincent van Gogh

“The most terrible loneliness is not the kind that comes from being alone, but the kind that comes from being misunderstood or feeling unseen.” - George Orwell

"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards." -Søren Kierkegaard

“The butterfly counts not months but moments; and has time enough.” -Rabindranith Tagore

“This weekend, take the time to do what makes your soul shine.” - Unknown

For the "Love Letters to Myself" Typography Challenge from the 34 Gallery on Webbie Social, my artwork "Dear me" got selected as one of the winners! Thank you for another great opportunity.

"A Place Where Color Breathes" In this space, color is allowed to breathe. Not to overwhelm, but to carry light. Each feather, each bright tone, holds a sense of freedom, a reminder that joy can be gentle too. This work is about letting brightness exist without apology. About standing in the open, wrapped in color, and choosing hope as something visible. A quiet strength lives here, not in silence, but in glow.

"Chronically Ill, Politically Disposable" The plans of the new Dutch government are very worrying for healthcare and social welfare.

"When you are missing someone, time seems to move slower, and when I'm falling in love with someone, time seems to be moving faster." -Taylor Swift

For me, life has never been just black or white. It’s a puzzle shaped by the choices we make, but also by the things that happen to us . The beautiful, the painful, the unexpected. I try to live: seeing nuance, finding softness in contrast, and searching for light even in complexity.

"The Light We Create” is a visual ode to the spark we carry within us. The quiet glow of creativity that rises when imagination meets intention. In this ethereal moment, light becomes a bridge between worlds: the inner landscape of emotion and the boundless realm of possibility. Wings unfold, water reflects, and the horizon opens, reminding us that every act of creation sends ripples through the spaces we share.

Two grandsons are staying overnight, so up early and off to work for a nice breakfast. Good start of the weekend!🤍

"Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves." -Sir James Matthew Barrie