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I had my first working day at my mother's place. And she loved it. She loves me being around all day.
She is asleep most of the day, but we have coffee and tea and lunch together, and that's nice. Precious moments.

At 10:30 I had my first online Teams meeting and that worked very well actually.
I sent an info-mail to my clients explaining my current situation and after a while responds poured in with very heartwarming messages.

And now it's Friday night. Time for some relaxing and distraction. If possible.
We have theatre tickets for singer songwriter Daniel Lohues. In Stadskanaal, front row. Annemarie's dad is coming with us. Our birthday present for him, back in April. We had a great evening.

But the moment he started telling and singing about the loss of his mother, now 5 years ago and how "alles ok wel weer goed komp" was hard for me. It was a struggle to keep my tears inside. Being front row is not a pleasant combination I must confess.
I think he saw my struggle when he gave me the tiniest nod. I knew it was for me.
Afterwards we spoke a while, when he signed the two books I bought. While signing he suddenly said:
"Ie zatt'n veuran he? Komp goed mjong."

https://music.apple.com/nl/album/as-de-liefde-mar-blef-winnen/1655200751?i=1655200937