I know you are all waiting for some news. but things are really going well and we are out all the time. I think the weather is going to change so most probably will try and find time somewhere next week to update you.
filia,
Hetty
Friday 11 March 2011
Saturday 26 February 2011
It's so exciting and he ( and we!) are so happy being back in NY. Had a good flight over the Atlantic without any turbulence. Peros Kamitsis was waiting for us at the airport and Rania in the house with dinner. We met Lydia their gorgeous little daughter for the first time and she was charmed by just seeing her "nonos" Panormitis. Their son Thomas became a big boy now, he is gorgeous too. We all had a good American breakfast this morning, yes pancakes and all that, and after visited the MET. Fantastic!! And then...........he crashed out into bed. Now he is cooking "kotosoupa avgolemono" Tomorrow he is going to baptize Lydia in a lovely small Greek Orthodox church in Manhattan. On tuesday an interview on the Greek radio "Cosmos". What a guy, what an energy!!! We are so proud of him.
Friday 18 February 2011
back
No news is good news. That is what they say and that is why we were away for so long. In the meantime a lot of things happened. We have been to Patmos with Xmas, changed house from Rijswijk to The Hague and now preparing for New York. Panormitis is doing great, although he misses the island and its people. But we try to keep him doing all sort of things and taking him out as much as he can handle.At this very moment he and Sophia are playing a game of Abalone and are having a lot of laughs. Sophia is doing better and is getting used to the Dutch school system. She just finished this week with pre-exams and is doing well. Daphne was with us last weekend and is busy, busy, at her college. Thanks God she has a lot of support of her friends there, because it is not easy on her ( and us ) to be away from us. We knew and know that we have two wonderful girls, they really deal well with the situation. We are extremely proud to call them our daughters.
Yes, Panormitis is going to be the "nonos" (godfather ) of Rania and Peros Kamitisis daughter, Lydia. And they happen to live in NY. He is very proud to become the "koumbaros" of these two loveley friends, who asked me for this already somewhere in November last year. I was first full of doubts if he would be up to it, but he is reacting so well on the chemo therapy and he was sooo excited the moment I asked him about baptizing Lydia. Having two wonderful daughters ourselves we are looking forward to introduce "our" third daughter to you soon.
As Rania, and her whole family, always have tremendous good ideas, it was her idea to arrange a show for Panormitis at the same time. She is doing a great job, I only hope that she still has some time to arrange for the baptize...??? She is running up and down to the printer and arranging another million things to make this a real happening. I will download the press release they wrote for Panormitis, so you can have an idea. Who ever lives near/in NY or has friends that they might appreciate to see his photographs, please do spread the word around. We would like to see a lot of people in the gallery, to make it a success for him.
we will keep you informed,
love to all of you,
Panormitis, Hetty, Daphne and Sophia
Yes, Panormitis is going to be the "nonos" (godfather ) of Rania and Peros Kamitisis daughter, Lydia. And they happen to live in NY. He is very proud to become the "koumbaros" of these two loveley friends, who asked me for this already somewhere in November last year. I was first full of doubts if he would be up to it, but he is reacting so well on the chemo therapy and he was sooo excited the moment I asked him about baptizing Lydia. Having two wonderful daughters ourselves we are looking forward to introduce "our" third daughter to you soon.
As Rania, and her whole family, always have tremendous good ideas, it was her idea to arrange a show for Panormitis at the same time. She is doing a great job, I only hope that she still has some time to arrange for the baptize...??? She is running up and down to the printer and arranging another million things to make this a real happening. I will download the press release they wrote for Panormitis, so you can have an idea. Who ever lives near/in NY or has friends that they might appreciate to see his photographs, please do spread the word around. We would like to see a lot of people in the gallery, to make it a success for him.
we will keep you informed,
love to all of you,
Panormitis, Hetty, Daphne and Sophia
Wednesday 24 November 2010
Well, here we are again, I am sorry to keep you waiting so long. I hope that you will still check this blog out. You see, Panormitis is doing amazingly well and that is the reason why I did not "have time" to sit and write. We are out a lot and we are trying to make the most of each day. As I always told Panormitis and our girls: "Carpe Diem" never realizing how important this became to us!!
Ofcourse I also needed some time to help Sophia in her new situation. She went from a high school with 100 students to one with 1200 students!! A different way of teaching, different language, different students (city kids!), without her friends, without her sister!!. Boy, if I think of what she is going through, and looking at her... she is like her father very strong, helping me with her, many times logic advises ( she is only 14 but so very wise). She does not feel that the lessons are difficult, more the terminology and the way of teaching is strange to her and therefore difficult. From next week she is going to follow piano lessons at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague, they say she is a real talent!! Also she want to play volley ball, so we have to look into that as well. I hope that she is gonna make some friends soon and finds her way. I do trust in it that she will, she is like her sister Daphne, a very strong character, thanks God.
Daphne is still trying to organize her daily life and trying to find a routine. Not easy if you think that she "landed" in such an international group of students, so many different cultures, philosophy, traditions, this takes time, she lives like on "cloud nine". For what concerns the way of living together, with so many good kids from all over the globe, they all became good friends. What concerns the school they had some troubles there (principal lost his job!) they are a bit too much left on their own. Which worries me from time to time, as all mothers would? We have seen each other several times now and these times are always nice. She also comforts me a lot, even on a distance. To think that she is comforted by so many children and that she is enjoying all the interesting activities they do, makes us feel good and strong as well. We are lucky with two loving caring girls, that we can call our daughters. We are very proud!!
As said Panormitis is reacting very well on his chemo treatment. He is getting ready for his 3rd block. One week of 400 mg (highest dose) chemo, after that the body needs the following 23 days to recover from this "attack". He is more active, despite the fact that he gets easy tired (no wonder), communicates better, shows much interest in the world around him, is painting, photographing (not enough, he says)going out visiting museums, friends, concerts ( Level 42, Classical Music, Prince and now he wants to go to U2 ). One of the happy moments for me is when I see him enjoying the art in exhibitions, galleries, museums etc.etc. and then having a coffee with me and listening to him talking about what he saw, how he looked at it, and explains it in his wonderful words. He always was a great speaker and he got this back, lately!!!
We just had a nice weekend in Maastricht where we visited Daphne and enjoyed each others company. The weather was also nice, some sun and not too cold, so we could sit outside at the "Vrijthof".
And myself? Despite the fact that I am not "working", days fly by and it seems the day never has enough time!! One week ago I found another apartment, smaller, closer to Sophia's school and her music classes, the center of The Hague and lest but not least,it's not that expensive as the flat we are in now. Thanks to our friend Peggy, who also, together with Josseline, told us about the piano teacher for Sophia. We are lucky to have friends like them.
If I have time, I will put some pictures on this blog.......
p.s. we will be leaving for Patmos on the 17th of December, great..... Xmas at home!!
Ofcourse I also needed some time to help Sophia in her new situation. She went from a high school with 100 students to one with 1200 students!! A different way of teaching, different language, different students (city kids!), without her friends, without her sister!!. Boy, if I think of what she is going through, and looking at her... she is like her father very strong, helping me with her, many times logic advises ( she is only 14 but so very wise). She does not feel that the lessons are difficult, more the terminology and the way of teaching is strange to her and therefore difficult. From next week she is going to follow piano lessons at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague, they say she is a real talent!! Also she want to play volley ball, so we have to look into that as well. I hope that she is gonna make some friends soon and finds her way. I do trust in it that she will, she is like her sister Daphne, a very strong character, thanks God.
Daphne is still trying to organize her daily life and trying to find a routine. Not easy if you think that she "landed" in such an international group of students, so many different cultures, philosophy, traditions, this takes time, she lives like on "cloud nine". For what concerns the way of living together, with so many good kids from all over the globe, they all became good friends. What concerns the school they had some troubles there (principal lost his job!) they are a bit too much left on their own. Which worries me from time to time, as all mothers would? We have seen each other several times now and these times are always nice. She also comforts me a lot, even on a distance. To think that she is comforted by so many children and that she is enjoying all the interesting activities they do, makes us feel good and strong as well. We are lucky with two loving caring girls, that we can call our daughters. We are very proud!!
As said Panormitis is reacting very well on his chemo treatment. He is getting ready for his 3rd block. One week of 400 mg (highest dose) chemo, after that the body needs the following 23 days to recover from this "attack". He is more active, despite the fact that he gets easy tired (no wonder), communicates better, shows much interest in the world around him, is painting, photographing (not enough, he says)going out visiting museums, friends, concerts ( Level 42, Classical Music, Prince and now he wants to go to U2 ). One of the happy moments for me is when I see him enjoying the art in exhibitions, galleries, museums etc.etc. and then having a coffee with me and listening to him talking about what he saw, how he looked at it, and explains it in his wonderful words. He always was a great speaker and he got this back, lately!!!
We just had a nice weekend in Maastricht where we visited Daphne and enjoyed each others company. The weather was also nice, some sun and not too cold, so we could sit outside at the "Vrijthof".
And myself? Despite the fact that I am not "working", days fly by and it seems the day never has enough time!! One week ago I found another apartment, smaller, closer to Sophia's school and her music classes, the center of The Hague and lest but not least,it's not that expensive as the flat we are in now. Thanks to our friend Peggy, who also, together with Josseline, told us about the piano teacher for Sophia. We are lucky to have friends like them.
If I have time, I will put some pictures on this blog.......
p.s. we will be leaving for Patmos on the 17th of December, great..... Xmas at home!!
Tuesday 26 October 2010
वही दोएस थिस कोमेस इन चिनेसे???
Does anyone knows why my title comes up in these beautiful but unreadable letters??
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)