Mourning....Embroidering....
Silence.
Silence has fallen............... Bram passed away on the 2nd of April 2013. The funeral was today. Love Around Me. Love Forever.
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Crushed by Jean Paul Gaultier....
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Lieve Jan,
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Beautiful embroidery and sentiments. I don't speak Dutch, but I could figure out what you were saying.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenI hope that your ♥ is hurting less now.
Na een lange tijd zonder internet las ik over het overleiden van Bram. Eerst even gehuilt, dan de fotos bekeken en de tranen worden minder. Ik heb jullie nooit ontmoet maar . . . de banden van Nederland, breien, textiel, borduren, Deventer, en je blog hebben over de jaren een band gevlochten. Ik wense je vrede, mooie herinderingen, calmte, hope, familie en frienden. My most heart-felt condolences to you from Kuwait. Salam wa sa'aadah Linda
BeantwoordenVerwijderenIk ben al meer dan 50 jaar uit Nederland weg - "excuse my writing errors".
wat verschrikkelijk prachtig.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenBrok in mijn keel...... Alexandra
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