‘In the summer, my great love and I visit each other’
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Of course we all want to go through life as honestly as possible. But summer sometimes brings out unexpected sides in us. And they are not always nice.
Saskia (44), mother of Levi (10) and Lilly (7):
“It has been eleven years since I met my great love. The moment we met, my body felt like it was on fire. Daan and I were meant for each other, we both knew it.
The reality, however, was somewhat different: Daan had a girlfriend and three young children and I had a nice man, with whom I was expecting my first child eight months later. Why now?
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The love of my summer life
We talked, cried, yearned, broke off contact, but always sought each other out. We couldn’t do without but also not with each other, because we both didn’t want to hurt our partners and children. Our lives went on and for years we secretly searched for a solution, one that could work for ‘everyone’.
“We talked, cried, yearned, broke off contact, but kept looking for each other”
We have found it six years ago: the summers are ours. We don’t see each other throughout the year and we limit our contact by phone so that we can both live our lives. But in the summer we visit each other. In the forest, the beach, the dunes. Once a week we enjoy each other.
On those few ecstatic moments we can live the rest of the year, and more importantly: continue with full energy with the wonderful life we lead. As soon as I feel the first rays of summer on my skin, my whole body immediately shudders: summer has begun!”
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