Thank you, Dawn, for your sweet words!
It was very nice indeed. The house and the practice were decorated with 
flowers and candles, champagne on the table, lots of people present, the 
name shield next to the practice door revealed by our four wonderful 
daughters... I felt rich and blessed and strong, after having struggled 
through losses and mourning for many years. I now feel vibrant, even to the 
point of exuberance, with loads of ideas.
I was invited to write a piece for the IBLCE-e-newsletter about to be sent, 
as I turned out to be the fourth highest scorer in Europe and the 
Middle-East this year! After so many years of not being able to study due to 
emotional turmoil, this really feels like a victory over my own setbacks, a 
phoenix-like feeling, or to stay with my logo: going with the flow and 
rising from deep waters, surmounting.
Well... ain't those beautiful analogies for supporting breastfeeding 
moms...? ;o)

Warmly,

Marianne Vanderveen IBCLC, Netherlands

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dawn Kersula" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 1:34 PM
Subject: [LACTNET] Marianne's Grand Opening


> Marianne, I hope your opening reception went wonderfully and that you had
> many friends and colleagues there to share the joy. I still remember 
> fondly
> Kathleen Bruce's grand opening of her practice on the Church Street Mall 
> in
> Burlington, Vermont - Kathleen was that about the same time that Kathy
> Dettwyler came and gave us a slide show?
> We need to celebrate all our little victories - sometimes the road seems
> long and the tasks insurmountable. But it all comes back to changing the
> world one mother and one baby at a time - with a few parties along the 
> way!
> Dawn Kersula in VERY snowy Southern Vermont
> ...waiting for a new grandbaby in Alaska and wondering how still-nursing
> Orion (2-3/4 yrs) will like all that new milk!

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