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My blog is a way to share and store the beauty I see in little things.Mirjamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04961967855089649890noreply@blogger.comBlogger269125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102564125325838584.post-54668232437615751492020-03-17T17:14:00.000+01:002020-03-17T17:21:38.126+01:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It has been a long time since I´ve been here.</div>
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The truth is that I don´t even know what I´m doing here today.</div>
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All I know is that this place has been whispering to me for quite some time.</div>
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It´ feels like a lifetime has past,</div>
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<br />Mirjamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04961967855089649890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102564125325838584.post-34364034568539675852015-09-21T16:14:00.002+02:002015-09-21T16:14:22.334+02:00Sleepless nights.<br />
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Have you ever been wide awake in the middle of the night?</div>
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It happens to me sometimes.</div>
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I talk about one of those sleepless nights at World Moms Blog today.</div>
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<a href="http://www.worldmomsblog.com/2015/09/21/netherlands-sleepless-nights/" target="_blank">Click <span style="font-size: large;">here </span> to read my post.</a></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">Ben je weleens midden in de nacht klaarwakker geweest?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">Het gebeurt me af en toe.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">Soms als ik een drukke dag heb gehad, </span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">en het niet voor elkaar krijg om weer rust in mijn hoofd te krijgen.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">Andere keren is het omdat ik lig te piekeren.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">Ik praat over een van die slapeloze nachten op World Moms Blog vandaag.</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.worldmomsblog.com/2015/09/21/netherlands-sleepless-nights/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #38761d;">Klik <span style="font-size: large;">hier</span> om mijn post te lezen.</span></a></div>
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I know it has been a while..</div>
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After giving it some time, </div>
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Even though my life is really busy,</div>
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I love my little space here on the internet.</div>
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So from time to time I will be here, </div>
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as a little reminder to you and me </div>
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that life is all about the little things.</div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">Hallo daar!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">Ik weet dat het alweer een tijdje geleden is..</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">Ik heb er even mijn tijd voor genomen,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">maar heb besloten dat ik er nog niet klaar voor ben </span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">om mijn blog op te geven.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">Ook al is mijn leven superdruk op het moment,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">ik hou van mijn kleine plekje hier op het internet.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">Van tijd tot tijd zal ik hier zijn </span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">als een kleine herinnering aan jou en mij,</span></div>
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<br />Mirjamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04961967855089649890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102564125325838584.post-11500355517867186832015-02-02T18:40:00.000+01:002015-02-02T18:40:04.257+01:00Postpartum Progress<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today I am proud to say that </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">my post <i>'<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.postpartumprogress.com/parenting-while-recovering-from-ppd" target="_blank">Mommy shoes</a></span>'</i> is up on <a href="http://www.postpartumprogress.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Postpartum Progress</span>.</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I wrote it back in March for <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.worldmomsblog.com/" target="_blank">World moms Blog</a>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It tells the truth about therapy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And it is nothing like what you think or see on television.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am truly excited about this, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">because any chance to reach out to other Moms struggling, </span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ik ben er trots op dat </span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">mijn post<span style="font-size: large;"> <a href="http://www.postpartumprogress.com/parenting-while-recovering-from-ppd" target="_blank"><i>'Mommy shoes'</i></a> </span>op <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.postpartumprogress.com/" target="_blank">Postpartum Progress</a></span> is geplaatst.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ik schreef het in maart voor<span style="font-size: large;"> <a href="http://www.worldmomsblog.com/" target="_blank">World Moms Blog.</a>'</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Het vertelt de waarheid over therapy.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">En dat is heel anders dan je denkt of op de tv ziet.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ik ben hier heel enthousiast over.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Iedere kans om moeders te bereiken die het moeilijk hebben,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Als je deze post kan delen, doe dat alstjeblieft.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.applesndroses.com/2014/03/mommy-shoes.html" target="_blank">Hier is de link naar de Nederlandse vertaling.</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Christmas lights are put away for another year. (Well, almost.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have always been a daughter of the sun.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And when that sun is absent I don't need to be outside.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I prefer to bury myself in my own little world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">where it's warm and cozy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And I wait.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Just like the world around me, I hold my breath,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> zijn deze maanden van het jaar voornamelijk donker en kleurloos. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Opstaan, kinderen naar school brengen, naar het werk gaan, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">boodschappen doen, koken, het huishouden, slapen en weer opstaan. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">De energie die als vanzelf komt in de zonnigere maanden van het jaar, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Liever lees ik een boek of hang ik met mijn warme sloffen aan op de bank, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">dan dat ik een stukje ga fietsen of actief ben in de sportschool. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">en sluit ik opgelucht de deur achter mij. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">En als de zon afwezig is hoef ik niet zo nodig naar buiten. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Het liefst graaf ik mij dan in in mijn eigen wereldje. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In mijn koninkrijkje binnen de muren van dit huis waar het warm en gezellig is. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">En ik wacht. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Net als de wereld om mijn heen, houd ik mijn adem in, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">soms geduldig, soms helemaal niet. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This gift has turned out to be even better than I ever imagined.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Vandaag ben ik bij <b>World Moms Blog</b>. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Daar vertel ik over het meest geweldige kado wat ik ooit heb ontvangen.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dit kado bleek nog beter te zijn dan ik me ooit had kunnen voorstellen.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ga dan even een kijkje nemen op </span><a href="http://www.worldmomsblog.com/2015/01/12/netherlands-gift-keeps-giving/" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">World Moms blog.</span></b></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I refuse to live a life, less than the one I believe I was meant to live. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And I am a stubborn fighter. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have no goals for 2015, just one major plan. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I plan to have lots of fun and enjoy life to the fullest. From one little thing to the next. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Ready or not, 2015 is here and I will take it as it comes. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Een groot deel van 2014 heb ik in stilte geworsteld.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Ik moest een paar moeilijke dingen van mezelf onder ogen komen. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Mijn ervaring met depressie begon veel meer te zijn dan alleen ppd. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Maar hoop is mijn belangrijkste metgezel geweest.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Ik weiger een leven te leiden, wat minder is dan wat ik geloof dat voor mij bedoeld is.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">En ik ben een koppige vechter. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Voor 2o15 heb ik geen voornemens, alleen een belangrijk plan.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Het plan is om plezier te hebben en volop van het leven te genieten.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On this last day of the year 2014,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I am exhausted.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The last days of December are always full.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Full of people, full of memorable moments, full of activities.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">good food, festive music, pleasant movies.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">From the moment I unpack my favorite decorations </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">it is like riding a roller coaster.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You go in out of freewill. Exited, expecting, giddy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">But sometimes you come out exhausted and a tad nauseous.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have always needed solitude to reload.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">To gather my self together and to stay balanced.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The lack of a normal schedule and the days crammed with obligations </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">have drained me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And I am left feeling exhausted,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">both mentally and physically.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">But I am surrounded by my favorite people,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">and I have found the courage to allow myself to simply pause.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">To walk around in my pajamas, listen to my favorite music</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">and simply be.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Tonight many of you will party and drink champagne.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You will put on make up and dress up to go out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You will be surrounded by friends, family or partying strangers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I will at home with my family.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We will drag our mattresses into the living room</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">and play a few games or watch television.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I will celebrate the new year and go to sleep pretty early.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For now,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> this is the perfect New Years Eve</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After all, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I'm not one to ride the roller coaster twice.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Op de laatste dag van het jaar 2014</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> ben ik uitgeput.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">De laatste dagen van december zijn altijd vol.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Vol mensen, memorabele momenten, en activiteiten.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Lekker eten, sfeervolle muziek, gezellige films.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Vanaf het moment dat ik mijn favoriete decoraties uitpak,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">is het net een ritje in een achtbaan.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Je stapt er vrijwillig in, opgewonden, verwachtend, giechelig.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Maar soms kom je er vermoeid en een klein beetje misselijk uit.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Ik heb altijd stilte om me heen nodig gehad om mezelf weer op te laden.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Het gebrek aan een normaal schema en dagen volgepropt met verplichtingen</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">hebben me leeggezogen</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">En ik voel me mentaal en lichamelijk uitgeput.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Maar ik ben omringd door mijn favoriete mensen.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">En heb de moed gevonden om mezelf toe te staan even te pauzeren.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Om in mijn pyama rond te lopen, te luisteren naar mijn favoriete muziek </span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">en gewoon even te 'zijn'.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Velen zullen vanavond feesten en champagne drinken,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">make up opdoen en zichzelf feestelijk aankleden.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Ze zullen worden omringd door familie; vrienden of feestende vreemdelingen.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Ik zal thuis zijn met mijn gezin.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We slepen onze matrassen de woonkamer in,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> en gaan spelletjes doen of tv kijken.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Ik ga het nieuwe jaar vieren en redelijk vroeg naar bed.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Voor mij is dat nu even de perfecte oudejaarsavond.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Ik ben zowiezo niet iemand die twee keer achter elkaar </span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Veel plezier vanavond!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My head is huge in this picture, one kid is making a weird face.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mijn hoofd is gigantisch in deze foto, en een kind kijkt raar.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Maar hier doen we het maar mee.</span></div>
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<br />Mirjamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04961967855089649890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102564125325838584.post-31289276703299832432014-11-19T17:34:00.000+01:002014-11-19T18:59:07.285+01:00Moms don't get sick.<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I take my child to school, and hope that they'll survive the annual germ fest.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When I hear kids coughing, I pray to God that no one coughs in my child's face. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If one of my kids does get sick, I hope that the kid doesn't infect the rest of the family. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But mostly I pray that I won't get sick.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Because Moms can't be sick.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Because I don't do sick very well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And I don't have time to get sick.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sick usually means, feeling sick but still doing everything.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There's laundry, and dinners and a house that has to be cleaned. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Children that have to be taken to school and sports, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">groceries that have to be done. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And Moms can't get sick, they can't.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Of course I got sick this past week, you know I did.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I didn't just get sick, I got epic sick.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As in: laying in bed alternately shivering and sweating.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As in: not eating, hardly even drinking anything for 4 days.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not being able to speak because my tonsils were the size of small beach balls.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And I did nothing around the house. Nothing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Because you need to be able to stand firmly on your feet </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to be able to do anything.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I haven't done anything around here in 6 days.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That has never happened before.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ever. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Even when I broke my shoulders,</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I did all I could do with one arm.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4 days after gallbladder surgery I was picking up toys.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Although I needed to rest. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Why?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Because of that Moms don't get sick crap.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Why do we do this?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Why do we snort when someone says: you should go back to bed?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Why do we give ourselves one day in bed, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">then crawl out of bed and resume our busy lives</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Moms get sick. All the time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There's nothing abnormal about that. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Het is weer die tijd van het jaar.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dan breng ik mijn kinderen naar school </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">en hoop dat ze het jaarlijkse bacillenfeest overleven.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Als ik kinderen hoor hoesten, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">hoop ik dat niemand in het gezicht van mijn kind hoest.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Als een van mijn kinderen ziek wordt, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">dan hoop ik dat ze de rest van het gezin niet besmetten.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Maar ik bid vooral, dat ikzelf niet ziek wordt.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Want moeders kunnen niet ziek worden.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ik ben niet zo goed met ziek zijn.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">En heb ook geen tijd om ziek te worden.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ziek betekent meestal, je ziek voelen maar gewoon nog alles doen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Want er is nog steeds de was; het avondeten; een huis dat moet worden schoongemaakt;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">kinderen die naar school en naar sport moeten worden gebracht;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">boodschappen die moeten worden gedaan.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">En moeders kunnen niet ziek worden, dat kan gewoon niet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Natuurlijk werd ik ziek deze afgelopen week, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">dat snap je wel.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ik werd niet gewoon ziek,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">maar ik werd groots en meeslepend ziek.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Zo van: afwisselend rillend en zwetend in je bed liggen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Zo van: 4 dagen lang nauwelijks eten of drinken.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Niet kunnen praten omdat mijn amandelen </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">zo groot waren als kleine strandballen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">En ik deed niets in huis.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Omdat je een beetje stevig </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">op je benen moet kunnen staan om iets te kunnen doen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Op z'n minst.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ik heb al 6 dagen niks gedaan hier.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dat is nog nooit eerder gebeurd.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nog nooit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Zelfs toen ik mijn schouder brak, deed ik wat ik kon met een arm.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">En 4 dagen na mijn galblaasoperatie</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> probeerde ik toch al voorzichtig een beetje op te ruimen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ook al had ik rust nodig.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Waarom?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Vanwege die moeders kunnen niet ziek worden onzin.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Waarom doen we dat eigenlijk?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Waarom snuiven we minachtend als iemand zegt: ga lekker je bed in?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Waarom geven we onszelf een dagje rust,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">en kruipen we dan uit bed om verder te gaan met ons drukke leventje</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Moeders worden ziek. Het gebeurt elke dag.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">dat we de tijd niet nemen om beter te worden.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In de herfst hebben we veel mistige ochtenden.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Op zulke ochtenden vind ik het moeilijk om de dekens wat hoger op te trekken </span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">en wat langer in bed te blijven. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mist lijkt misschien niets bijzonders,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But I have fotographed in the mist before.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;">Maar ik heb eerder in de mist gefotografeerd, </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">sommige van die foto's heb ik al eerder op de blog geplaatst andere niet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Zoals beloofd, de Nederlandse vertaling!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Het is mogelijk om jezelf meerdere keren in het leven even kwijt te zijn.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dat geldt waarschijnlijk niet voor iedereen,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ik ken mensen die zichzelf nooit kwijt zullen raken in verwachtingen, eisen </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of de vastberadenheid om de beste versie van zichzelf te zijn.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sommige mensen zullen nooit worden lamgeslagen door de oneindige eis </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">om niets anders te leveren dan perfectie. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sommigen zullen nooit de strijd ervaren tussen je eigen behoeften </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">en wat het dan ook is dat ze op dat moment belangrijker vinden.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">En Sommigen zullen nooit herhaaldelijk kiezen tegen hun eigen behoeften in.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Die mensen mogen zich gelukkig prijzen.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ze zullen niet vastlopen of ontdekken dat ze proberen door te gaan </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">met een lege batterij.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ik wel.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ik vind mezelf keer op keer op keer weer op deze plek.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Soms denk ik dat de strijd tegen perfectionisme een veel zwaardere strijd is dan de strijd tegen depressie.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ik weet zo goed als zeker dat dit hetgene is wat mijn depressie voedt en de zwaarbeladen periodes opwekt.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dagen gevuld met gedachten van twijfelen aan mezelf en falen.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ik blijf telkens uit de schaduw klimmen en blijf mijn weg naar het zonlicht vervolgen.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Soms is het slechts een stap om weer in het licht te staan.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Op andere dagen Is het een zware klim en vergt het van mij </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">dat ik alle vaardigheden en kracht die ik kan vinden aanwend. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Er zijn er die dit nooit zullen begrijpen.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Deze mensen zullen mijn struikelen en vallen zien als het bewijs van een zwakke persoonlijkheid.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ze zullen me met liefdevolle strengheid willen toespreken en ervoor zorgen dat ik op de hoogte ben van hun gedachten over mij.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ze hebben er geen idee van dat elke keer dat zij hun mening uiten, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ze mij een treetje lager schoppen of my terugduwen in de afgrond.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Terug in een donkere kloof, waar ik de leugens en de waarheid van elkaar probeer te scheiden.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ligt het aan mij?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Is het een gebrek aan kracht waardoor ik hier terecht ben gekomen?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ben ik zwak?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Heb ik te weinig geloof in God?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kan ik hieruit komen als ik gewoon een beslissing maak? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Terwijl ik mijn wonden verzorg en mezelf voorbereid op de klim,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">zal ik de enige beslissing maken die er echt toe doet.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Ik zal me niet veroordeeld voelen door het aantal keren dat ik struikel en val.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">En hoeveel tijd het mij ook gaat kosten,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Ik zal nooit genoegen nemen met een leven in de schaduw.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ik zal altijd weer opstaan.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(* noot: Het gaat goed met mij. Dit is gewoon iets waar ik een tijdje geleden doorheen ging.)</span><br />
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Mirjamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04961967855089649890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102564125325838584.post-57661709041750785822014-10-30T14:10:00.000+01:002014-11-03T11:32:10.296+01:00Decision.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is possible to loose yourself many times in life. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not for all people, I guess. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I know some people that never will get lost in expectations, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">demands or determination to be the best version of themselves. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some people will never get crippled by the unending demands to deliver nothing less than perfection. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some people will never experience the battle between your own needs </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and whatever it is that they think is more important. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some will never choose repeatedly against their own needs. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Those people are blessed.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They will not get stuck or find themselves trying to operate with a dead battery.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I do.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I find myself there over and over and over again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sometimes I think that the battle against perfectionism is a much harder one than the battle against depression. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am fairly certain that this is the thing that fuels my depression and triggers the heavy loaded episodes. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Days filled with thoughts of self doubt and failure.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I keep climbing out of the shades and I keep continuing my walk towards the sunlight.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sometimes it is but a step to be back in the light.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Other days the climb is a hard one and asks of me to muster all the skills and strength that I can find.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are those that will never understand this.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Those people will see my tripping and falling as a sign of a weak character.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They will try to offer me tough love and make sure that I am aware of their thoughts about me.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Little do they know that every time they express their opinion, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">they kick me a little deeper or throw me back over the cliff. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Back in the cliff of darkness, where I try to sort the lies from the truth.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Is it me?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Is it lack of strength that got me here?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Am I weak?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Do I lack faith in God?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Will I get past this, if I would just make a choice?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As I nurse my wounds and prepare myself for the climb,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I will make the only decision that matters:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I will not be condemned by the number of times I slip and fall.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And no matter how much time it takes me,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I will always get back up again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I made these pictures a few weeks ago on a very misty morning.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Just a few trees in the fog. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Just now my son said something about the little heart shape between the trees, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">formed by the leaves.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Did you see it?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I never saw it till he pointed it out to me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Always look for the extraordinary in the ordinary, right?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ik maakte deze foto's een paar weken geleden op een erg hele mistige ochtend.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Gewoon een paar bomen in de mist.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Daarnet zei mijn zoon iets over het kleine,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have always had trouble knowing where to fit in.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I would love it if you'd visit me there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.worldmomsblog.com/2014/10/13/netherlands-perfect-fit/" target="_blank">Click here to visit my post</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ik heb me altijd afgevraagd waar ik nou precies bij hoor.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Vandaag praat ik erover op World Moms Blog.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ik zou het leuk vinden als je me daar een bezoekje brengt.</span></div>
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Happy Friday!</div>
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Simple fragile delight that brought a smile to my face.</div>
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Sometimes it is fun being me.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I know it has been ages since I posted anything.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I am planning to return to my regular posting soon, just so you know. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Because if anything, I am still a blogger at heart,</span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Want als er iets zeker is, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Anyway, I am not really here today, I am over at <b>World Moms Blog</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Today I am talking about an important milestone in my life right now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">One that had me publicly crying at my sons school play a few weeks ago.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And I do not like crying in public..</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Want to know what I am talking about? <a href="http://www.worldmomsblog.com/2014/08/11/netherlands-milestones/" target="_blank">Click here to visit my post at WMB</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Vandaag heb ik het over een belangrijke mijlpaal in mijn leven.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Wil je weten waar ik het over heb? <a href="http://www.worldmomsblog.com/2014/08/11/netherlands-milestones/" target="_blank">Klik hier en bekijk mijn post op WMB.</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">(Ps .Het vertalen van mijn stukken is best veel werk. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Hoewel ik gewoon tweetalig blijf bloggen, </span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">kies ik ervoor om mijn gastposten voor WMB alleen in het Engels te schrijven.</span></div>
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Last Easter I experimented and made decoupage eggs and was very pleased with the result.</div>
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I'm officially in love with Modge Podge. (Special glue.)</div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">Ik ben dol op vintage papier en heb altijd al decoupage willen proberen.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">Met pasen experimenteerde ik met decoupage eieren en ik was erg tevreden over het resultaat.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">Ik ben officieel verliefd op Modge Podge. (Speciale lijm.)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">heb ik een goedkoper versie van Modge Podge gebruikt die Crea Podge heet; </span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">een eenvoudig houten ladekastje van Ikea en scrapbook papier.</span></div>
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Mirjamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04961967855089649890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102564125325838584.post-62441605977789092172014-05-26T09:55:00.001+02:002014-05-26T10:22:53.585+02:00Goals<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Investments; long term goals; short term goals.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I bet that you think that those things have nothing to do with parenting.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Today I am over at World Moms blog, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">explaining how these words have everything to do with parenting.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hop on over and see what it is that I am talking about.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I would love it if you leave some comment love.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.worldmomsblog.com/2014/05/26/netherlands-goals/" target="_blank">You can visit my post here.</a></span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Investeringen; lange termijn doelen; korte termijn doelen.</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Je denkt vast dat deze dingen niets te maken hebben met opvoeden.</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Vandaag ben ik een dagje op World Moms blog,</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">en leg ik uit hoe deze woorden alles te maken hebben met Opvoeden.</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Neem een kijkje en zie waar ik het precies over heb.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Ik vind het geweldig als je een berichtje achterlaat.</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.worldmomsblog.com/2014/05/26/netherlands-goals/" target="_blank">Klik hier om naar mijn post te gaan.</a></span><br />
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