With the start of our city spa, moving Bibou to a bigger location and me and my husband (after nine years of living together)getting maried, 2004 should have been an exciting year.
Unfortunately it became one of the darkest periods in my life. It began on new years day, when we got the message our friends'brother died in an accident. He was in his thirties, just finished his studies and about to marry. We couldn't imagine, by then, what it should be like to lose your brother at such a young age. A few month later we did. Exactly one week after our wedding, when we just set foot in our hotelroom to start the Honeymoon, we got horrible,horrible news. My brother in law, two of our nephews and one of their girlfriends died in a caraccident. They were all about 23 years of age. It was like someone wriped my heart out with his bare hands. We had to take the plane back home as soon as we could. When we arrived in Holland, it was heartwarming how all our friends and family were gathered. Everyone was in complete shock, but they were there. We just couldn't believe what had happened. To make it even more sad, on the day of the accident our other best friend had to hear his 13 year old brother had only a few months left to live. And indeed, he died 6 months later. It was like living in a bubble of sadness when arround us life went on. But we had to move on too. Two month after the funeral of our four dear familymembers, we had to open a new shop and city spa. That year, losing six young people, I learned an important lesson which was of huge influence on Bibou. You have to make every day count, being grateful that your strong, healthy and alive.
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