bringing me home

I love the balance and symmetry of this shot, and the beauty that Laura brings to it. I've had friends tell me how beautiful she is, stunning really. Her most beautiful gift though is her ability to take you inside yourself to the center of it all. Just a telephone call later (or a luxury 10 days together, in our case) and she's brought you home again, back to a place you loved but lost along the way because you got so bogged down with life and defragmented. Back to yourself. Back to life.

I guess that's what friends are for - bringing us back to life, so to speak. But Laura did that for me in the biggest way during her visit, and for that I'm eternally grateful. So thanks, Laura, for jumpstarting this old clunker!



Laura was the life of New Year's Eve (along w killer fireworks) when she discovered the Dutch love Michael Jackson! She got our hips swinging and the olliebollen flying - yumm, yumm Marijn!

...the beloved wife and companion. Btw, who's that GQ guy kissing on you - oh that's Paul! Can i have some of that?

She brings connectivity to the family, and it was endearing to see her needing some kidtime/familytime during their brief visit. During a mini-crisis of finding a resto in Brugge, she siezed the opportunity for some one-on-one with the boys.


Laura snapped a ton of photos during her visit, but she's never IN a single picture so this one's for her!

miss you too!