by Wilrieke | Apr 9, 2018 | Courage & Fear, Emotions & Insecurity, Parenting
I’m not the mum who’s waiting at school every day With tea and biscuits ready And patiently plays with dolls. I’m not the mum who stopped her career Stopped her own ambitions And started putting everyone else first. I’m not the...
by Wilrieke | Aug 30, 2017 | Courage & Fear, Emotions & Insecurity, Non Monogamy, Polyamory & Open Relating, Parenting, Relationships, Sexuality, Spirituality
Once we thought we would stay together for life. And in a way, we will, since we have three daughters. But not in a romantic relationship. About twelve months ago we broke up. It felt like facing my deepest fears. It felt like dying. And maybe I did in a way, as the...
by Wilrieke | Oct 19, 2016 | Courage & Fear, Emotions & Insecurity, Non Monogamy, Polyamory & Open Relating, Parenting, Relationships, Sexuality
Today it is exactly one month ago that my partner and I decided to break up. We were in a temporary break for two months, after a relationship of almost nine years, including three kids. As the relationship wasn’t serving either of us anymore, we decided to break up....
by Wilrieke | Apr 26, 2016 | Courage & Fear, Emotions & Insecurity, Non Monogamy, Polyamory & Open Relating, Parenting, Relationships
I am that kind of person that needs a lot of time on her own. Endless walks in the forests, staring at clouds while dreaming of romantic love stories and simply sitting in a corner of a room, wrapped in a blanket with a pile of books and a jar of tea within reach are...
by Wilrieke | Apr 16, 2014 | Parenting
Sometimes it confuses me when the gap between the projections I have of the expectations society must have of me and the life I live seem so big. Take today, a regular Wednesday. Two of my three kids go to school half the day. Today, both classes would visit a nursery...
by Wilrieke | Mar 17, 2014 | Emotions & Insecurity, Parenting
It is probably the most intense responsibility we will ever get: raising children. Taking care that these helpless, little babies grow up to become conscious, aware, responsible, smart, healthy adults. It can feel really scary. Without any preparation you suddenly are...
