Published: February 28th 2011February 28th 2011
On February 17 I made my way south to s'Hertogenbosch - the capital of the province of North Brabant, a cute city, and the location of one of mom's apartments while she was teaching at a couple of schools in the area. She lived there for about two years and even shared it with a guy that ended up being pretty special - my dad.
This is the first journey that I have made, apart from coming to Holland in the first place, in discovering more about mom. The apartment is approxinately a 25 minute walk from the train station and, despite a really poor offline map app for my iPhone that was supposed to guide me, I found it.
It's strange to me that when I looked up at this totally foreign apartment, I felt a connection. I felt closer to her. It's just a building but somehow it felt like more. I liked the feeling. I liked the feeling of knowing that she has been here. I ended up sitting on a park bench beside the apartment and just taking it in - maybe the air that I breathed was breathed by her once...I walked
towards the apartment
hoping that I'm going the right way
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Date: 28th February 2011
Sweet.
Thats so great Elke. I am glad that you had the opportunity to do that. Im sure she was there with you. Love you!
From Blog: Sharing space with mom
Sweet.
Thats so great Elke. I am glad that you had the opportunity to do that. Im sure she was there with you. Love you!
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Date: 28th February 2011
Elke, your blog is so touching and I do agree that the man your mom shared her apt with was pretty special. Thanks for sharing the photos of where your mom lived with us so now we all now feel even more connected with her. Enjoy your time there. Safe travels. Love you bella, MaryAnn and uncle Dan.
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Elke, your blog is so touching and I do agree that the man your mom shared her apt with was pretty special. Thanks for sharing the photos of where your mom lived with us so now we all now feel even more connected with her. Enjoy your time there. Safe travels. Love you bella, MaryAnn and uncle Dan.
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Date: 1st March 2011
changed a little but not a lot....
Yes that's the place Elke! Great that you could experience that, now next with Eef you can go further in the Eindhoven area. Love you lots, foreverproud.
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changed a little but not a lot....
Yes that's the place Elke! Great that you could experience that, now next with Eef you can go further in the Eindhoven area. Love you lots, foreverproud.
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Date: 2nd March 2011
A very emotional experience for you all those who loved Suzette.
From Blog: Sharing space with mom
A very emotional experience for you all those who loved Suzette.
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Date: 3rd March 2011
Elke, I am so happy that you are able to make these connections and feel that closeness with your Mom. She was such a special person and I see a lot of similarities between the two of you.
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Elke, I am so happy that you are able to make these connections and feel that closeness with your Mom. She was such a special person and I see a lot of similarities between the two of you.
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Magic
So proud of you, Elke. It sounds like a magical day and I am so happy for you!
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