We had a wonderful time at the Oerol theatre festival on the Dutch island of Terschelling. The atmosphere was great, and Rob could meet some of his colleagues and enjoy what he missed last year when this all happened. It was very poignant to be there and I’m really proud […]

It’s hard to believe that it has been a year now. Today is the day that Rob had his first surgery and our world tipped over in strange and unusual ways. Overall, although difficult, we are both enjoying life more than ever before. A message from Rob: It’s not all […]

We are happy that our brother-in-law Mick is now using our boat in England with the whole family and will race her at the 2010 Round the Island Race on the 19th of June (next week). Here is some information, which you can also see under “The boat” with more […]

We have had a lot of fun doing many small things recently. The pictures below (from bottom to top) are of a nice visit we had with Ger (Rob’s Dad) in Eindhoven in May when they went to a Philip Glass concert. As you can see, Jansen also came along […]

We have had a lot of nice visiting with Dave and Ruth (Ellyn’s parents) from Chicago and  Ger (Rob’s father).  We mostly enjoyed just hanging out around the house and doing small projects in and around the house. It was really nice just to all be together and catch up […]

We had a wonderful time at Rob’s Welcome Home Party. Although it was delayed, it could not have been more fun. We are so happy that so many friends could join in, and it really was a memorable afternoon. We would like to thank all of you who came, and […]

Wij hopen dat u weet dat iedereen van onze vrienden naar de partij is uitgenodigd. We hope you know that all of our friends are invited to the party.

After a few difficult weeks, we wanted to let you know that we are doing well and celebrating life. Rob’s family is also doing well, and although everyone is sad, there is also hope in the future. Rob has been able to stand for a short amount of time unassisted. […]

Your spring suddenly broke, it is good so… My wife, our mother, mother-in-law and grandmother peacefully and calm, joined by us all, passed away in her 72nd life year. Her love, optimism and her perserverance will stay with us always. Eindhoven, 18 February 2010 Veldm. Montgomerylaan 147, 5612 BB Eindhoven […]

Het feest zaterdag, 20 februari is afgelast wegens familieomstandigheden. Tonny, de moeder van Robert is streng ziek. The party Saturday, 20 February is canceled because of family circumstances. Robert’s mother Tonny is severely ill.

Na 7 lange maanden hebben wij beslist dat een feestje is om te vieren Rob’s terugkeer naar gezondheid, vrienden en familie. Rob’s Welkom Thuis feest zal zijn op zaterdag, 20 februari om 16:00 aan café-pension ‘t Ankertje in Andijk. Wij zijn heel gelukkig dat onze vrienden Big Al en Pim […]

Upon his request, Rob was released from Heliomare today. (Op zijn verzoek ontslagen Rob uit Heliomare vandaag). Rob says: It’s time to build new bridges, which are there to be crossed. Needless to say, we are both very excited to be home together and doing well.

First of all, we want to wish all of you a very happy new year! We can’t say how much all of your love and support has helped these last 6 months, but please know that they have. One of these days we will be writing you all personally, but […]

We had a wonderful time with Rob’s sister Anne and her husband Mick this weekend. Please see 2009 Sinterklaas Weekend on our photo website if you want to see more photo’s.

Rob has decided, with my full support, that another lap at Heliomare is the best solution. We were already happier in the last week with the amount of proactive rehabilitation he has been receiving, and were even happier today with the meetings we had about plans for action. The new […]

Rob is doing great. I haven’t posted, because we have been really busy on Rob’s rehabilitation plan. Rob is slowly but steadily regaining his strength. It’s amazing to see all his improvements by the day. I am shocked by his body’s ability to heal itself – mother-nature is truly amazing […]

The title of this blog is what Rob said would be a good title for the posting this week. I think being “clueless” is what happens after 23 weeks in a medical environment, but overall he is doing great, so no worries. As you can see, Rob is doing really […]

As of Thursday night, Rob is off the feeding tube — finally! He is very happy to be free of it, and we both think it will help him tremendously in moving forward. It all happened a bit unplanned. When he arrived home on Thursday night, while taking his jacket […]

Rob is out of quarantine (isolation) at Heliomare. Yipee!!! He is thrilled and eager to move forward with his full therapy now. Much of his therapy had been limited while in quarantine most of October, and he can finally do what he went there to do – rehabilitation. And … […]