Old Man…

To my younger brother Tom, who will be turning 50 today.
You are now an “old man” too. Welcome to the club of old folks in our family!
The life change started when you where born on September 20, 1959 here in Amsterdam. Down syndrome has never stopped you doing things, some even amazed us when you [...]

85 today…

We didn’t see things always eye-to-eye but in the end one of us gave in. When we worked together you fired me 14 or more times and an hour later we were joking about it again.
When I took over the business and you irritated me with one of your actions, I should have taken a [...]

Gone but not forgotten…

One of my favorite aunts died last Saturday, today I could say goodbye to her at the funeral-home. Next Thursday she will be buried, but with the walking restrictions I’ve got it was better doing it this way.
You always said, don’t pay for flowers on my grave, it’s a waste of money. So here you [...]

The party is over…

Finally the day has come to an end. It started with my alarm-clock going of at 5 this morning, at six a taxi was standing in front of the house to take me to the convention center in Ede, so fully packed I was on my way…
One of the first things that came to mind [...]