The kids are back in school: normal life is here again!

During the day I always support my girls with a bra. But when it’s nighttime, the bra goes! My girls love to be set free. So imagine my surprise when my two daughters refused to go to bed without their little bras! They tell me it feels better to keep it on. Then I even…

I admit it: when it comes to the phone I’m in the dark ages. I don’t like phones. And I don’t like gétting a phone call. The need for an immediately reaction on my part renders me stupid. So you’ll find me agreeing to all kinds of things I réálly don’t want to do! So…

When I said ‘I do‘ to my husband, I kept my maiden name. So I may have promised him my eternal love, but I only spoke for the Nicole sporting my maiden name. I don’t use his surname which is van Sandwijk. Which is why I could make no such promises for Nicole van Sandwijk…

To fan the smouldering embers of our relationship, my husband and I like to pretend we’re going to the movies. Of course we don’t really go, because that would mean hiring a babysitter, but every Saturday night we stretch out on the couch armed with big bags of chips. Last Saturday we rented Paranormal Activity,…

Somehow I fell in love with Korean drama. And that’s coming from someone who had no interest whatsoever in Korean, Chinese or Eastern culture in general. Why I started watching Korean drama I only started to watch a Korean drama because my youngest daughter had been nagging me to watch Korean drama with her for…

My dad died on April 26th. We knew he had cancer for 7 years, but he was doing well. Until suddenly he wasn’t. It’s been long enough I know he’s gone, but I suddenly got this overwhelming feeling: ‘I want him back! He’s been long enough! Isn’t it odd how the human mind works…  I…