Happy kite, happy day Why do we think so much? Why do we worry so much? It’s a bright day, and we are standing on our two legs. We’re smiling. We don’t think about what will be in the future and what has been in the past. We’re feeling alive. We enjoy being […]
Christmas present for mom I don’t feel old, but this memory dates from 43 years ago. A long time. I could hardly wait until my mom opened my Christmas present. I was so proud of it. The thing I made at school. I had been working on it for hours. When I brought […]
Conversation between brothers: Scene 21 12.10 a.m. after school Big boy: “Did you bring home my things from school?” Little boy: “No!” Big boy: “What? You didn’t?” Little boy: “Yes. Why should I?” Big boy: “But we agreed you take my homework.” Little boy: “Yes, but you also left your sports […]
Successful performing I don’t know why I love the circus, perhaps, because it’s so creative. And I’m so glad my boys do like it, too. They again spent one week in the circus, again in the circus band as last year. And they had to work hard to play during one hour and a […]
Conversation between brothers: Scene 18 13.17 p.m. after lunch Big boy: “Hey, you have to clean up the kitchen.” Little boy: “It’s not my turn.” Big boy: “Sure. It’s yours. I did it last week.” Little boy: “Hmm…” Big boy: “You have to clean the pan and salad bowl, too.” […]
Conversation between brothers: Scene 17 12.35 p.m. at lunch Big boy: “He’s always correcting me, mom.” Little boy: “But you said it wrong.” Big boy: “But you’re making fun of me.” Little boy: “No. Not at all.” Big boy: “You think you know all better.” Little boy: “No. But […]
Grounded I didn’t like being barefoot when I was a child. I had my woolen socks, knitted by my grandmother, and they definitely were my protection against too much life and summer action. I loved spending my free afternoons on my bed reading stories about a courageous woman in Lhasa or an intelligent French lady […]
Some want to have a nice dinner for their birthday; some want to go shopping, and this boy wanted to go swimming in a pool. Swimming pools and India don’t really belong together. But for little boy’s birthday wish, mothers have to make possible everything, even in India. Of course, our little green paradise […]
3.30 p.m. on a free Wednesday afternoon Big boy: “You’re not fat at all.” Little boy: “Look at my belly on the picture.” Big boy: “No, look here at my belly.” Little boy: “You haven’t got a belly at all.” Big boy: “But, if I press it between my fingers. […]
Taking care of his baby Little boy is a very sweet mother to his baby cat. But like mothers do, he’s often complaining that his Loulou is doing nasty things like jumping on the table or licking plates in the kitchen with unhealthy things for a little cat. More and more, little boy is […]