Two weeks of not-walking husband has left me with the responsibility of a single parent. This shouldn’t be something new, because for a year we practically lived apart between Paris and Utrecht – my husband in Paris and me and kids here at home. But I guess one sick manRead More
As I laid in my bed tonight I suddenly remembered the mother of my friend. A university friend of mine, he was from the same year but different major with me. We were together in the swimming club of our university, and we were very close for several years ofRead More
It’s been three days since my dear husband stayed in bed. First it looked like he catches a cold. Fearing that he would share his virus to the children we arranged him to sleep alone in my daughter’s room. Two mornings later he woke up unable to move his rightRead More
One of the annoying things I deal with my children is the moment they don’t ask me when they deal with problems. “J, why do you stand still there? Have you finished your school work?” “No, mama. I don’t know how to do this part,” he pointed out some mathRead More
Today I’m going to write here about my children and their books. I’ve once written about how in the Netherlands’ school the children are exposed a lot to books – story books. When I was young and went to school, we didn’t have many good story books except the books
It’s been months since I had my latest piano lesson. The lockdown has stopped my lessons completely and I didn’t do any online lessons since it’s hard to do it via video. And frankly speaking, I didn’t practice as much. The children being home and home-schooling for two months had
In the 10 years since I left professional worlds and committed myself to my role as a SAHM (stay at home mom), I’ve only read less than 10 books. Or maybe even less. Staying mostly at home and dealing with two hard-tempered toddlers made me lose all interest and delights
Doa Seorang Ibu YA TUHAN,Buatlah aku seorang orangtua yang lebih baikTolonglah aku memahami anak-anakku,Untuk mendengarkan mereka dengan sabarAkan apa yang mereka harus katakanDan untuk menjawab semua pertanyaan mereka dengan baik dan ramah Jauhkanlah aku dari memotong begitu saja ketika mereka berbicaraDan balik berbicara kepada mereka dan menyudutkan merekaBuatlah aku selalu
My daughter is going through a painful wart. Yeah, this horrible cheap monster has invaded the beauty of her left big toe. Oh this poor girl, she seems to always have those kinds of growing pain in all through her days. This is painful, mama. That is painful, mama… Such
Vakantie’ in the Dutch means ‘holiday’ in English. And my children are in ‘krokusvakantie’ right now, that means ‘spring holiday’. They are free from school for one week, and since we can’t go anywhere in this corona lockdown, we just stay at home. Often we go out to the neighboring
Today I’m going to write here about my children and their books. I’ve once written about how in the Netherlands’ school the children are exposed a lot to books – story books. When I was young and went to school, we didn’t have many good story books except the books
When I entered the dining room, the table was full with dirty dishes, the kitchen counter had no free space, at least 3 or 4 pans waited for me to wash them. I look to the left and no ray of hope shone from the living area. The table was
It’s been years since it snowed here in The Netherlands. Real snow, I mean. And today the children were very happy because they could finally play with snow. Many moms in the Facebook groups searched frantically for sleighs, boots, ski-suits, because the snow forecast came rather surprisingly. And now we’re
For a big part of my life, like 90 percent ever since I was able to evaluate my values, I’ve (almost) always gone to bed with this haunting feeling of regrets. The Collins Dictionary defines the word regret as this: Regret is a feeling of sadness or disappointment, which is
More than a year since my last post here and yes we are still expecting. Jacob, our son has born in Nieuwegein, The Netherlands five months ago, on July 7th, 2012. We named him Jacob Hezekiah Hatorangan Oppusunggu. Jacob – chosen to be blessed by God. I had always