BRAVE FACE

The inspiring WWII Memoir of a Dutch/German Child

COVID and the Hunger Winter

COVID and the Hunger Winter

Just the other day I remembered again how, during the Hunger Winter, I crawled inside the cupboard where, in better times, the potatoes were stored. I was little and had to crawl all the way in.  I was looking for rice kernels, as my mother used to store dry...

Thoughts on Balance

About balance in life, a proper balance is very important and ensures that we have the best chance of healthy bodies, healthy minds, and healthy relationships. In the garden of Eden, the apple provided vitamin C, but also the knowledge of good and evil. It was good...
Reaching for Goals

Reaching for Goals

I once heard someone say, “How does any of us know what we are reaching for?” I understood him to mean, “What are our goals?” Does anybody know what we are reaching for? As far as I can see it, I am here to fulfill my potential. I believe that to be true for all...
Thoughts on Happiness

Thoughts on Happiness

I know people who run far and wide to look for happiness. It is so difficult sometimes to find it at its seat, let alone when you’re blindly running around looking for it. I think that the seat of happiness is in one’s self. As the center of our own universe, we are a...

Sample Chapter: Meta Steals Lemonade Powder

Meta lived right by the beach, so you may wonder if, in the summer, she ever went away on vacation. After all, many Dutch and foreign people, who go away for a holiday, go to Scheveningen. The big attractions there were, not only the beautiful strand (beach), but also...