We're a large family.
You can see our names at the left.
The youngest two are twingirls of 10 years old. They were born as rhesusbabies.
The next one is Nyo, a boy of 13 years young. He's autistic
Thami is 14. He's got ADHD and dyslexia.
Lars is 16. Wants to become a photographer.
The oldest boy is Stef, 19 years. He's got ADD.
Jim is their father, works 4 days at a council in the middle of the country.
And I'm Imbi, 49, mom too of Jenny and Winnie, who died, but are still a part of my life.
You'll get to know me through these pages and my blog.






We're living in The Netherlands, a little country that can be found this way:
point your finger at the middle of England, go to the right, cross the water, and there it is, before Germany.
We live in the town of my birth, in a house that feels to be too little.
We're all fond of ballet. Lars even went to the balletacademy for over 5 years. The girls enjoy their balletlessons.
I myself have danced a lot in the past and restarted when I was 42. Four years ago I had to stop because of health problems. I had been able to manage asthma, anemia and hyperhomocystenemia quite well, even during pregnancies, but diabetes and hemochromatosis were too much. After diabetes was diagnosed I started to "grow", and now I feel like I'm in the wrong body. I still feel the thin balletdancer! LOL!
I'm a clinical psychologist and for many years I have been working with parents of deceased babies, parents with high risk pregnancies and those who work with these parents professionally. I'm the first birth-counseller, and I'm gratefull that the importance of this work is accepted now and spreading.
I'm writing: work, but I've never asked money for it, because it's my opinion that grief councelling should be available to everybody, and not only to those who can pay the bills.
Which means that we have to turn each coin, each month.
I'm in the middle of starting an advice practice for parents of children and adolescents who might have ADHD, PDD-NOS, or autism.
I have a lot of hobbies, and internet is one of them. Through internet I have met some wonderful friends, and I can't do without them. I hope to be able to meet them... someday... somewhere....




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