Christmas cards designed for you and yours
The holidays are coming up! Time to send cards to our loved ones. WesternOrphans now also offers cards in our web shop. They are...
Recognition of bereavement in novels: 'The Goldfinch'
Summertime is usually the time of year we read the books that have piled up in several months. The books that were important, but were...
Stumbled upon a wish
Today, I was searching Pinterest for ideas for a goodiebag I have to put together for one of the events where I am a speaker. Before I...
Grace
Yesterday, we welcomed the first forty victims of the brutally taken down flight MH17. Victims from all over the world. Today, we welcome...
MH-17
My country, the Netherlands, is grieving. We are mourning the enormous loss of many, many people who have died in the #MH17 crash. This...
Audio book recording scheduled
We're preparing for the audio recording sessions of four chapters of 'So, you're an orphan now'. These chapters will be available for...
Mother's Day...when your mother has passed away
In this time of the year we are bombarded with loving messages, tweets, Facebook posts and - above all - commercials about Mother's Day....
Eternity lasts a long time, also when you're graduating
At key moments in the life of a young person, it is important that parents recognize that milestone. For instance during graduation,...
Book number two
At the moment, I'm busy writing my second book. I can't reveal everything about it, but what I can share is this: it's an intense writing...
'What it's like becoming an orphan'
Sometimes you find little gems online. Articles that resonate to your own sentiments. Yesterday, I found the blogpost by Carolyn Ridder...
