Hi Robin
If all goes well, in two weeks time you will be packed off to your other grandparents (Opa en Oma Dichtbij) and your Mom and Dad will leave for two days to attend the wedding of your Uncle Alex.
You see, a few years ago your Uncle Alex - in case you don't quite remember which one of your many uncles I am referring to, he is the one with more hair on his chin than on his head - has met this beautiful young woman, who for sake of discretion we will refer to as Auntie T. And your Uncle Alex - an extremely level headed person who is not normally given to mushy romantic nonsense - has fallen for her like a ton of bricks. Guys do that, you know, Robin. I guarantee you, it will happen to you too one day. Mark my word!
So one day last summer uncle Alex took Aunti T on a romantic outing to the Hunnebeds in Drenthe (the Dutch equivalent to Stonehenge) and surrounded by these remnants of ancient Dutch civilisation, he sank to his knee and asked her to be his wife. And guess what? She said YES!!! (Which of course casts some doubts on her powers of judgment...)
Ever since that memorable summer day, Uncle Alex and Auntie T have been really busy, busy, busy... they have planned and organised in meticulous detail this great wedding party on Friday 24 April and that is when they will officially make the transtion from being 'me' and 'you' to being 'us'.
As father of Uncle Alex, I look at that and quietly think: 'Two down... one to go' But I also think what an extremely lucky guy your Uncle Alex is. Because Auntie T is awesome: she is beautiful, she is intelligent, she is kind and she is totally open. And we love her to bits. They fit very well together, and they have everything going for them.
Too bad you can't be there, dear Robin, but you are still a little bit too young and too 'high maintenance' to be a wedding guest at a wedding that will include a sleepover in a luxury hotel and an after-wedding brunch.
I am sure, however, that your other Opa and Oma will do everything they can to make sure that YOU too will have a great day on April 24. Because a great day it will be for sure. Even though we will ALL miss having you around!
Granddad ('Opa Verweg')
Over Opa Pias
- Marius Wanders
- Rosmalen, Noord Brabant, Netherlands
- Mijn naam is Marius Wanders, geboren in 1948. Voormalig koopvaardij-officier, en daarna een lange loopbaan in management en als directeur van voornamelijk non-profit organisaties en internationale NGOs in binnen- en buitenland. Gepensioneerd sinds september 2015. Gehuwd met Annemarie Holtzer in 1970. We hebben drie zoons Henk (1976), Alex (1977) en Oscar (1981) en vijf prachtige kleinkinderen: Robin (2007), Rune (2010), Estee (2012), Jesse (2012) en Hedin (2014). Op Twitter is mijn accountnaam @tweeter_opa. Op Facebook heet ik gewoon Marius Wanders. Deze blog is ter aanvulling van mijn uitingen op Twitter, Facebook en andere sociale media. Om mijn ei kwijt te kunnen. Mijn professionele website vindt u op http://www.propeopleconsult.eu
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