the blog.
Sep 19, 2023
How do you say goodbye to a place that’s been your home for the past 15 years? The four walls holding your memories, witnessing countless coffee dates and all your children’s firtsts… How do you let go of people, steady by your side, during the ups but especially during the lows. The friendly faces, so […]
May 29, 2023
featuring a motherhood session with Ariebel, Lisa & Harlow I marvel at her. Her freckles framing the fierce blue eyes above her little button nose. Wild, long hair, unruly and never to be tamed. Like her thoughts. Her spirit, flapping and spreading its wings, rebelling against small-minded minds and cliches. Filling everything around her with […]
May 14, 2023
I look at you with wonder in my eyes. Standing there, across the room. Might as well be a million miles away. My girl, so fierce, so torn. Hold on tight. For my sake, not for yours.
Apr 26, 2023
featuring Anna & Philippe’s wedding photos The days after being abroad for a few months feel strange. I have to check my calendar to get myself orientated within the Mon- and Tues- and Wednesdays. The ‘To do’s” and what not to… I could blame jetlag, the brutal change in the weather and temperature. Maybe the […]
Aug 18, 2022
featuring a motherhood session with Valerie & her girls We started school this week. The last days were filled with quiet anticipation and bittersweet longing for more time. More lazy days. Sundrenched afternoons by the pool. Now, the end of August is near. I associate this time of year with flaming sunflowers, ripe, heavy wheat […]
Aug 9, 2022
One small word with a universe of meaning behind it. A gateway to a world so complex it’s impossible to understand unless you are living in it. A place where hardship and joy lie close to each other, like strained lovers. “Mama”. Four letters, seemingly simple, yet no other word carries so much weight. I […]
Aug 2, 2022
I just spent a heavenly week with my family. A week, that felt like ice cream sundaes and warm summer breezes. Slow, delicious days, like honey dripping off a spoon. Away from work, deadlines, and social media. We went to parks, saw a movie at the theatre, went out to lunch. Swam in the pool. […]
Mar 2, 2022
I am the best mama for my children. That’s the mantra I keep silently repeating in my head when things get tough. When I lose my cool. Which happens more times than I’d like to admit. As I am writing this, my daughter has been interrupting me four times so far. Four times, my thoughts […]
