{"id":3705,"date":"2009-06-21T13:02:21","date_gmt":"2009-06-21T11:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/?p=3705"},"modified":"2025-09-19T13:00:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T11:00:32","slug":"fathers-day-lisa-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/fathers-day-lisa-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Father&#8217;s Day &#038; Lisa update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Today it&#8217;s Father&#8217;s day in the Netherlands and I made my dad this card.<\/p>\n<p><em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/01_fathersday.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3706\" title=\"01_fathersday\" src=\"https:\/\/maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/01_fathersday-229x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"229\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Journaling:<br \/>\n<em>&#8220;Dear,<br \/>\nthe ways to say<br \/>\n&#8220;daddy, I love you&#8221;<br \/>\naren&#8217;t way from<br \/>\npetered out yet.<br \/>\nKisses from<br \/>\nyour daughter.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/02_fathersday.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3707\" title=\"02_fathersday\" src=\"https:\/\/maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/02_fathersday-229x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"229\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Back of the card,<br \/>\nyou all know<br \/>\nthis one&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Je t&#8217;embrasse&#8221;<br \/>\n(I give you a hug)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He was very happy with it when he received it last week&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>Yep, that&#8217;s right! I&#8217;d mistaken the date and send it one week early!<br \/>\nIt was good for a laugh though, &#8217;cause he called me and said he was honoured<br \/>\nthat I loved him th\u00e1t\u00a0much\u00a0to send a card already, and that he couldn&#8217;t wait<br \/>\nto see what next week (the correct date) would bring&#8230; heehee<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And so I made\u00a0him another\u00a0card&#8230;<br \/>\nbut I made it a tiny little one (&#8220;inchie&#8221;)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/03_cards_mum_dad.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3708\" title=\"03_cards_mum_dad\" src=\"https:\/\/maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/03_cards_mum_dad-300x275.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"275\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<br \/>\nAnd I made a<br \/>\n&#8220;normal size&#8221;<br \/>\ncard for my<br \/>\nmum too,<br \/>\njust for fun.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On this picture<br \/>\nyou see both<br \/>\ncards, the one<br \/>\nwith the<br \/>\nsilhouette is<br \/>\nfor my mum,<br \/>\nthe &#8220;inchie&#8221;<br \/>\nis for my dad.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/04_card_dad.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3709\" title=\"04_card_dad\" src=\"https:\/\/maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/04_card_dad-300x174.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"174\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<br \/>\n&#8220;Dear,<br \/>\nWell,<br \/>\nOK then,<br \/>\na tiny little card<br \/>\nafter all because<br \/>\ntomorrow\u00a0it&#8217;s\u00a0<br \/>\nFather&#8217;s day<br \/>\nfor real!<br \/>\nLove from<br \/>\nyour daughter&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/05_card_mum.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3710\" title=\"05_card_mum\" src=\"https:\/\/maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/05_card_mum-300x226.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And for my mum:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Dear mum,<br \/>\na card for you too,<br \/>\n&#8217;cause I love you!&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>LISA UPDATE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Some of my blogreaders e-mailed me to ask about Lisa,<br \/>\nand how she&#8217;s doing now. That&#8217;s so sweet of you all!<br \/>\nSo I will\u00a0update you with the latest news&#8230; she&#8217;s home!!!<\/p>\n<p>First, for the ones that tuned in later and don&#8217;t know what I&#8217;m talking about:<br \/>\nLisa is my 17 years old niece, she lives in Canada with her dad (my brother),<br \/>\nmother and brother. On April 17th she\u00a0had a major car excident\u00a0and it wasn&#8217;t<br \/>\nsure if\u00a0she would\u00a0survive&#8230;\u00a0I wrote <a href=\"https:\/\/maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/?p=2793\">a\u00a0post about that<\/a>\u00a0on April 20th.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/06_lisa.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3711\" title=\"06_lisa\" src=\"https:\/\/maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/06_lisa-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<br \/>\nShe had a broken neck,<br \/>\nbroken back, broken ribs,<br \/>\nfractured elbow, her arm<br \/>\nand wrist\u00a0were broken<br \/>\nand\u00a0other minor injuries.<\/p>\n<p>After a few days,<br \/>\nshe went in a coma.<\/p>\n<p>This photo is taken<br \/>\nin that first week&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/07_lisa.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3712\" title=\"07_lisa\" src=\"https:\/\/maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/07_lisa-300x244.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"244\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<br \/>\n&#8230; and this one&#8217;s<br \/>\ntaken one Month<br \/>\nlater!<\/p>\n<p>She recovered<br \/>\nextremely well,<br \/>\nconsidering<br \/>\nher injuries!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/08_lisa.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3729\" title=\"08_lisa\" src=\"https:\/\/maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/08_lisa-137x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"137\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAnd now she&#8217;s standing on her feet again!<br \/>\nShe&#8217;s home, but will stay handicapped:<br \/>\nher left (under)arm and hand are paralyzed<br \/>\nand she&#8217;ll have to learn to live with that&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Also, she wears a collar to protect her back<br \/>\nand neck, and that gear has to stay there &#8217;till<br \/>\nthe bones in her back and neck healed properly.<\/p>\n<p>I spoke to her on the phone yesterday,<br \/>\nand she&#8217;s doing well, despite of the fact<br \/>\nthat she can&#8217;t do much more then watch<br \/>\nt.v. or read a book&#8230;<br \/>\n(She also\u00a0gave me permission to publish<br \/>\nthese photo&#8217;s on my blog.)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And now, I have a question for you.<br \/>\nRight after the accident, she received cards from a lot of people,<br \/>\nbut after some time &#8211; and\u00a0since she&#8217;s home &#8211; the mail dried up a bit&#8230;<br \/>\nI\u00a0would love it if she&#8217;d receive\u00a0some more\u00a0cards &#8211; especially now that<br \/>\nher 18th birthday is coming up &#8211; so if you&#8217;re willing to send her a postcard,\u00a0<br \/>\nshoot me an e-mail (see column on the right of this blog) and I will\u00a0return<br \/>\nyou her address!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>D\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0PHOTO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And here&#8217;s the photo I took for the <a href=\"http:\/\/atozphoto.blogspot.com\/\">A to Z photo<\/a> challenge.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Dental care&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/09_dental_care.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3732\" title=\"09_dental_care\" src=\"https:\/\/maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/09_dental_care.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"301\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I suffer from periodontitis (<em>&#8220;periodontitis refers to a number of inflammatory diseases affecting the periodontium \u2014 that is, the tissues that surround and support the teeth. Periodontitis involves progressive loss of the alveolar bone around the teeth, and if left untreated, can lead to the loosening and subsequent\u00a0 loss of teeth.&#8221; &#8211; Wikipedia<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>OH NO &#8211; Loss of teeth???? I&#8217;m too young for that, don&#8217;t you think?!<br \/>\nSo since a few years, I&#8217;m treated (every 3 months) by a dentist as well as a &#8220;periodontist&#8221; and my evening ritual exists of not only brushing my teeth<br \/>\n(for 2 minutes) but also using these little brushes to clean between my teeth&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>OK, that&#8217;s enough for today.<br \/>\nI promised you &#8220;a little something&#8221; today, but it&#8217;s a long post after all.<br \/>\nHave a lovely Sunday (and don&#8217;t forget to brush your teeth tonight!)<br \/>\nJe t&#8217;embrasse!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/\">back to homepage<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Today it&#8217;s Father&#8217;s day in the Netherlands and I made my dad this card. \u00a0 Journaling: &#8220;Dear, the ways to say &#8220;daddy, I love you&#8221; aren&#8217;t way from petered out yet. 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