Oops, my foot almost slips away. I quickly take a big step to regain my balance. It’s tricky with Y. dangling between my outstretched hands. He is suspended above a pool of mud that reaches my ankles. The backpack on his back doesn’t make it any easier. It was his idea to bring it with …
Dreaming in the dark
The lights are always on. The Christmas tree outside the shopping mall, the laptop on my desk. But tonight I will leave the lights out and visit the darkness. Even the moon won’t show her face this night. Darkness. An uncomfortable word. A word waiting for Light. Away with the darkness of our ignorance and evil. …
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The dearest freshness
Our personal Baby-exit could happen any day now. Hopefully, it will be easier and less frantic than the Brexit. It might help that there is little room to negotiate; the baby is now the only one with decision power. And he has a few more weeks to make his entrance into the world. Obviously, having a …
No one is forgotten
On World Animal Day, I would like to share a quotation that I found in a book about animal rights from Andrew Linzey. It is a vision that was recorded by Julian of Norwich, a remarkable woman from the 14th century who lived as a hermit in England. The text is old English and has an appropriately …
Is it me or the world?
The little life that is growing inside of me is getting more pronounced every day. Yesterday we had the 20-week scan, which I was really looking forward to. Everything looked good, so we are very happy. The phase of collecting baby items seems to start now; people around us are offering us all kinds of …