Hi, Well time has come to write an intro. Forum laws say that if you post 2 postings already it's time to I introduce yourself. My name is Christine, married, husband and I are expats and moved like modern day gypsies around Europe and the US quite a bit. We are originally from the Netherlands. We moved from France to the Pacific Northwest in 2005 and have been here longer than usual. The reason for that is that I have a progressive neurological disease(inflammation of the spinal cord and brainstem), which on bad days has me bed bound and not even able to brush my own teeth(insert the ipad here which has been a Godsend!)and on good days I'm up and use Wheelie the wheelchair. I refuse to let my illness define me who I am and find joy in everyday things and expressing my emotions through art. In my previous healthy life I was a typo/graphical designer . We share our life with 2 Border Collies and 3 evil catzzzzz. Our daughter and brand new beautiful grandson live in the Netherlands and my biggest wish and dream is to be able to fly out and finally hold that little boy! He is growing up so fast it's too bad I can't be there and enjoy this baby grandson! Well that's me, I apologise in advanve for future postings where grammar and punctuation will not be totally correct. English is not my native, although i do think and dream in English. I have been a journaler and discovered digital scrapbooking recently. For me it is a wonderful way of expressing myself through art. Looking forward getting to know you all
Hi Christine! Welcome to the Pad! I love your positive outlook in spite of your disease. I do hope you can see your grandson soon!
Welcome Christine! you will LOVE spending time at The Lily Pad. I hope you are able to get back to The Netherlands as well, my heritage is from there and I visited while just a little girl. Such a beautiful country!
Hi, Christine, and welcome to TLP!! I hope you are able to hold that sweet grandson of yours soon, I can only imagine how much you ache to do that!! Where in France did you live? DH and I lived there from 2003-2005 ourselves and LOVED it so much.
Welcome to The Pad, Christine! I look forward to seeing your art and getting to know you better, and hope you get to hold your sweet little grandson soon!!! I also have heritage from the Netherlands and have visited once and would LOVE to go back one day!
Hi Christine, nice to have you here! Love your positive outlook & can't wait to see some of your pages in the gallery.
Hi Christine! Welcome to TLP Love your postive outlook, i hope you get to see your little grandson too. Cant wait to see your layouts
hi! i giggled at the evil cats.. ^_^ thank you for sharing your story <3 i can't wait to see more of your story in your pages!
Hi Christine!! Welcome to The Pad!!! I can already tell I'm going to love seeing you around here! There is such a warm energy in your introduction!!
Welcome to THe Lilypad Christine! I really enjoyed reading your intro! Don't hestiate to ask any questions!
Welcome to the Pad Christine! Great intro, and I think it is totally cool that you dream and think in English. Picking up a foreign language must be hard, but you've mastered it beautifully!
