Happy News!

We’ve had to jump through a million hoops, but found out on Tuesday at Alkmaar’s City Hall....that all of our paperwork is in order and: we will be getting married here in the Mill on November 25th! In Dutch we are officially “in ondertrouw”. You need to wait fifteen days from that filing and we have nine left to go. Due to these crazy times, it will be a tiny ceremony, with only Han’s immediate family here with us. I so wish my family and friends (and of course, especially my mom and kids) could be here, too. But the plan is to host a big celebration here at the mill as soon as the world opens back up again!

We are so happy to share this news....and to be ending this indescribably intense year on such a high note.

Although we wish you could all be here, we know you will be here in spirit and your loving energy will be a part of our special day from wherever you are in the world! 💞

So, next Wednesday 

at 2:30pm(AMS)/6:30am(PST) 

if you feel a little jolt of happy energy-

you’ll know exactly what it’s all about.💫

Flying High

Hello All-updating you as I fly above Greenland en route to Han.💞

Feeling like I’m on a private plane!

On Wednesday, I completed my 17 treatments of radiation which went really smoothly. The nursing staff who worked with me made all the difference with their warm and caring energy.

I’m so grateful to be finished with my treatment and flying back to Holland. Celebrating fresh starts this week, all around.

I’m also so grateful that Mom is the one encouraging me, more than anyone, to fly...just like the loving Mama bird she is. As a mom, I have insight into what this takes...and it also gives me fresh insight into the mixed feelings it brings up to be the “baby bird”. I know for sure, this will inform my own mothering in profound ways. 

And what a gift it is: not only is my mom encouraging me to fly but so are my kids!  Truly. This makes my heart swell...with pride and gratitude so huge that it’s hard to articulate.

 

I came across this writing recently and want to share it here:

“A practice of gratitude is not about dismissing sadness, anger, fear, or confusion. Rather, it offers us the opportunity to see that we often experience multiple feelings at once; to welcome joy into the same places where we hold grief; to turn our attention to what is quietly growing and breathing day by day, which, to our possible surprise, includes ourselves.”-Kristin Lin

I love that and am seeing it with so much clarity today.

Love to you all. Thanks so much for your continued support. See you on the other side of the world!🌍

                                           ♥️