Part 20: Parents
They were very happy about their first grandchild. After initial skepticism, they bought mattresses and sheets and child seats. And I was very happy that they exist, these parents.
They were very happy about their first grandchild. After initial skepticism, they bought mattresses and sheets and child seats. And I was very happy that they exist, these parents.
Paris. The sun was shining. I had to sleep for two days and forget the vacuum cleaner and laundry again. Milla slept just as well and for the very first time no longer in my arm, but next to me and already in front of me and I could turn back and forth on the…
If you held the test strip diagonally against the light, you could guess that a line appeared there – next to the control line. The next day it went without slanting and the following day even in the twilight. First with the ovulation test, then with the 10 pregnancy test and finally also with the…
…to me tremendously. First he was there, the new friend. Then he was gone again. We were many and suddenly we were just us again. Corona came and went no more and we sat in the kitchen. Together and lonely at the same time. From the window we saw the flutter tape stretched around the…
One of Gianni’s good friends, Paul White, once said: everyone should have a friend like Gianni. I don’t think there’s anything to add to that. Everyone should have a friend like Gianni! I thank Gianni Bettucci. And to my parents of course! What would I be without them? And to my friends who always have…
Outside the window, the first day had begun with continuous rain and a wind that still pulled through the autumn jacket. I started sneezing and felt the need for cinnamon stars and ginger tea. It was clear, it’s autumn.A strange feeling came over me, because autumn meant that Christmas was not too far away and…
These twice first weeks were limited and ran involuntarily towards the great upheaval. The upheaval brought an end to being in a cave and had been the topic for months, the move. The plan was for both Gianni and I to move, to two apartments next to each other, connected with a breakthrough so that…