Middledom

Opa Dekker in Canada

Herman de Jong

~ Thursday

So, Opa returned home on Thursday morning, after saying a heartfelt goodbye to the nurses. “You are all darlings,” Opa said with emotion. “You take very good – what’s that word, Maaike?- oh, yes, care for me. Me will not forget that, bye bye!” He had looked at all the flowers in the car, almost even more than at Moeke’s funeral….

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