Nothing is what it seems to be
Sacrifice
I promised that this would be a happy blog, but my life started with some challenges, so sorry that this first post is a bit heavier. I was born on March 26, 1965. I grew up in a warm…
Privacy
The development of new technology seems to be going faster than ever. Nobody had a mobile phone in the early 1990s. The first devices came on the market around 1993 and from that moment on …
Hospital
Spina bifida is a condition that requires frequent hospitalizations, especially in the early years of life, which in my case was from 0 to about 20 years old. I have not consciously experienced the first medical procedures. Closing the back …
An embarrassing moment
I said it before: In a hospital it is not always doom and gloom. Sometimes you can really laugh as you hopefully experienced in the previous post. But it can also happen that you – like me – experience something …
Entrepreneurship in the hospital
I have been able to call myself an entrepreneur since 1997. At least on paper, because I am registered with the Chamber of Commerce and I have a VAT number. Furthermore, it should not have a name because unfortunately I still depend on benefits …
The bus ride to school
I was picked up in the morning by a driver from a taxi company who was specially engaged to pick up the students at home and bring them back home towards the end of the afternoon. That is, if you were lucky enough to live no further north than Sittard ….
Franciscusoord
The most important school in my career as a student was the rehabilitation center Franciscusoord. Just before that I spent a year on St. Raphael, the predecessor of Franciscusoord …
Primary school
Franciscusoord was not a big school; there were about 200 children, about 40 of whom were on secondary education. It was far from that far for me in the early 1970s; I was still in primary school. I don’t remember much of the lowest classes …
The curriculum
I am blessed with knack for languages; something in which I am not alone in our family. Writing an essay was therefore part of the learning process that I looked forward to every time.
Photo: Sanki Fotografie