Linda's Canadian Adventure

Hello, my name is Tineke, mother of son William and daughter Linda, divorced and 58 years old. I was born in the Netherlands in a small village near Amsterdam with the peculiar name of Kudelstaart. It is located at a large lake, the Westeinderplas, a lovely spot in the Netherlands. I married my high school sweetheart and we were real Kudelstaarters with an extensive social life. I was fanatically involved in a theatre group and my hubby was playing soccer and was involved in the local carnival society. Both the children were typical village kids, the son was playing soccer and the daughter was twirling at the local music society. Furthermore, they were involved within the theatre group from a young age on. They grew up in a secure community and my expectations were that they would grow old near their hometown too. But things turned out very differently, they didn’t like the ways of the village and slowly they went to do their own thing. After high school it became clear to me, they loved the big city and especially Linda has lived in several big cities in Holland because she was studying and working there. Son William met a Canadian girl in Holland and after two years he left to this far and strange country to marry the love of his life. Linda graduated last year and began her career, but a vacation with her brother changed her life. She met a friend of her brother, chemistry happened and yes, she is going to Canada as well. If someone would have made up this story I wouldn’t have believed him, but it has happened and I hope my aliens will be happy in their new country. I would like to write little stories on the weblog of Mike and Linda now and then about the life in Holland because we can have a good time here too.

Tineke