{"id":8847,"date":"2012-09-21T18:40:56","date_gmt":"2012-09-21T17:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maritspaperworld.com\/blog\/?p=8847"},"modified":"2013-02-03T14:51:38","modified_gmt":"2013-02-03T13:51:38","slug":"reunion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maritspaperworld.com\/blog\/reunion\/","title":{"rendered":"Reunion"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today seven years ago, on his \u00e1nd my parents wedding anniversary,
\nmy only brother emigrated with his family to Canada.
\nI had not seen him since until…<\/p>\n

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YESTERDAY!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n

(you can click on each photo to enlarge)<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\r\nMy brother and me, my sil in the background<\/pre>\n
I have only one sibling. He is my ‘little brother’ and\u00a0 I picked him up
\nfrom the airport yesterday. As you can see, he isn’t that ‘little’ \ud83d\ude42
\nIt was such a joy to see each other again!<\/p>\n
..<\/p>\n
My parents had not seen their son for seven years either.
\nIt was an emotional and such a happy reunion.
\nWhen the emotions settled down, we talked and laughed a lot…<\/p>\n
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dad, sil, bro and mum<\/pre>\n
..<\/p>\n
…and acted silly…<\/p>\n
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Yvonne, me and Ricky\r\n..<\/pre>\n
and loving…<\/p>\n
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..<\/p>\n
I didn’t kiss my bro much when we were young.
\nThings change as we get older…<\/p>\n
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..<\/p>\n
My sister in law creates jewelry and when I received this present
\nfrom her I didn’t know what to say. It is breathtaking!
\nThank you Yvonne!<\/p>\n
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I wanted to honor it \u00e1nd Yvonne by making a haiku about it.<\/p>\n
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alle kleuren blauw<\/p>\n
zorgvuldig bijeen gezocht<\/p>\n
exclusief voor mij<\/td>\n
<\/td>\nMany shades of blue<\/p>\n
conscientiously\u00a0selected<\/p>\n
especially for me<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
..<\/p>\n
(This haiku is linked to\u00a0 Haiku my Heart Friday<\/a> )<\/p>\n
I had presents for them too, as in a few weeks it is both my brother
\nas well as my sil’s birthday. Here’s the folder I made for Yvonne<\/p>\n
Cover<\/p>\n
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Folded open<\/p>\n
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..<\/p>\n
I once made a mini album for my dad and it was perfect for my brother too, so I decided to make a similar book for him, just change some little things that are more fitting for him. The journaling contains sentences we used as a family and on top of that it is written in dialect (\u201cZeeuws\u201d). It\u2019s not possible to translate and even Dutchies won\u2019t understand a thing! (Maybe some understand the sentences, but if you don\u2019t know the story behind it, everything sounds absurd!)<\/p>\n
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When you are a careful reader you remember the first sentence of this blogpost.<\/p>\n
So here, at the end of the post, I want to cheer before I dive into my weekend:<\/p>\n
to MUM AND DAD:<\/span><\/h2>\n
Happy<\/span> 50th<\/span>WEDDING ANNIVERSARY<\/span><\/h2>\n

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to RICK AND YVONNE:<\/span><\/h2>\n
Happy<\/span> 23rd<\/span>WEDDING ANNIVERSARY<\/span><\/h2>\n
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and… (Yes – I remembered ;))<\/p>\n
Happy WEDDING ANNIVERSARY DANIELLE!<\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n
I hope you all have a great weekend.
\nWith or without ‘official reasons’… turn it into a party!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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