me&myself
This night I could not sleep well. I tossed and turned in bed, waking up again and again. Perhaps it was the alcoholic drinks, unfamiliar to me, at the wedding of two dear people to which we were invited in The Hague. Maybe it was the romantic ceremony on the beach that made me sentimental. Anyway, I was wide awake in my cozy hotel bed next to my favorite...
It annoys me a little when I hear people who have already had an artificial hip tell me how easy it all was. They always say in unison: “I was able to walk again immediately afterwards” and “If I had known, I would have had it done much earlier. But in reality, joint replacement is not at all as simple as it is often made out to be. By the...
I will never forget the memory of standing by my younger sister’s crib when she was five years old. I felt so incredibly sorry for her when she cried out of desperation because she couldn’t kick. I didn’t understand why the adults allowed such a thing. The little one lay in a plaster shell covered with gray felt. Her legs were turned...
Corona is nothing more than a kind of flu. And if you are vaccinated and boosted, it won’t be so bad if you catch it despite all the vaccinations and precautions. That’s what I thought, too. When I caught Corona, the course of disease was actually not so bad. The worst part came afterwards. Despite all vaccinations, boosters and hygiene rules, I...
