Dear colleagues,
It is with sadness that I inform you about the death of our dear colleague
Gonneke van Veldhuizen-Staas.
For many years, she was quite active in this group as well and many of you
may know her name or may have met her personally.
Around Christmas, she fell ill. She was home for a few weeks before she was
admitted to the hospital where her condition deteriorated.
She died on January 17th and yesterday we had a beautiful farewell.
On the Fb-page 'Lactogenesis II' I wrote the following:
"For our dear and unique colleague
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Veldhuizen-Staas who passed away last week and for whom we will have a
commemorative gathering in the coming hours, I wrote the poem below. May her
beautiful professional inheritance keep feeding and inspiring us and may her
loved ones be comforted by all she gave them. "
I added a little artwork containing a photo I took and the following poem I
wrote (seven couplets of seven lines - hope the e-mail programme keeps the
layout):
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Passage
Amidst a world in great distress
we look for consolation
for honest souls and open hands
for hopeful confirmation
that what we do and feel is real
that gently, safely we can peel
those layers of starvation
We crave abundance, full and pure
a rainbow in the sky
a sacred refuge, safe and sure
and courage when we're shy
so that our energy can flow
can keep us warm and make us grow
with every step we try
Our lives will always change
we gain and lose, we read the cues
we build and rearrange
and through it all we find our guides
the ones who teach us novel views
who meekly, bravely help us cruise
our quest against the tides
The ties we forge, the bonds we form
create a strong foundation
to feed and nurture, shift the norm
restore the application
of sparkling authenticity
holistic synchronicity
life's joyful celebration
Our precious vulnerability
both human and divine
is full of possibility
if only we entwine
its beauty with our sheltering heart
our love's protection from the start
that healthy bottom line
Your times has come
to turn the wheel
to join a new dimension
You still are here
what was will be
and we will guard and mention
your name, your legacy
Our lives will always change
we grief and mourn, we catch the blues
we pause and rearrange
when fate or sorrow steals our guides
the ones who taught us novel views
whose wealthy gift we cherish through
the passage of the tides
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The Dutch breastfeeding field will greatly miss her, but most of all, of
course, her husband, children (in law) and her grandchildren will have to
find a new balance now that such an authentic matriarch has gone.
Sincerely,
Marianne Vanderveen-Kolkena IBCLC, MSc
Lactation Consultant and Medical Anthropologist/Sociologist
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