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2019 was probably the most exciting year in my life so far. Both in personal and professional aspect. Enjoying pregnancy I entered the year pregnant and I spent the first months of the year mentally preparing myself for a big life change. My life was still relatively easy and I am happy I made the [...]
My daughter was born on May 2nd 2019. The same day her mother was born, too. Some of you might have been born to be mothers. Or some of you might expect from your partners, daughters or friends to jump into this role from day one. I wasn’t. Or at least I felt totally unprepared [...]
The rainy season in The Netherlands has officially started. Today is the last day of October and this month it has been raining almost every day. I used to be one of the people whose moods were influenced by the weather. Especially when the weather was bad, I was dreaming of moving to a country [...]
For the past two and a half years, since I’ve been publishing my blog, it has happened to me a few times that I had no clear inspiration for a topic for my monthly article. I have noticed that this usually happens when I have too much on my mind. This month is one of [...]
Some decisions we take in a blink of an eye. Others feel like they are the most important ones we have faced so far. This article is about the moments in our lives when we find ourselves on a crossroad and we struggle to make a choice about which direction to go next. Sounds familiar? [...]
Photo by Zach Lucero on Unsplash Learning how to be a parent proved more difficult than I expected. In such a short and vulnerable period you are bombarded with so much new information and the demands of your newborn are so unclear at first that it is easy to get overwhelmed. Besides all the books [...]
This article is a celebration of my second year writing anniversary. But what I am trying to convey with it is the importance of moving in the direction of our dreams by defining specific goals and being patient and persistent in their realization. My writing journey began in June 2017. Since then, I can proudly [...]
I thought being pregnant was a challenge but it appeared that the last nine months were simply a minor preparation of what would come next - the real deal, motherhood. In this month’s article I will share with you some insights I got prior and short after the delivery. I have encountered that there are [...]
Yes, we are almost there! To be honest I didn’t expect to feel much difference right away but the moment I entered the third trimester, I immediately felt that something had changed — suddenly I was playing in the highest league of pregnancy. Welcome back fatigue Compared to the feeling of being invincible during the second trimester, the [...]
The last Thursday of March marks the end of the month and the first dark wintry quarter of the year and at the same time the beginning of the spring and the awakening of nature. For me personally, the end of March marks the end of a big chapter of my life and the beginning [...]
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