Op de Woensdagen kwam A3n naar Rosmalen om ons op te vangen in de namiddag. Het is één van mijn oudste herinneringen. Ze maakte tosti's voor lunch. Ik zat op de kleuterschool en zal vijf of zes geweest zijn. Petra een jaar of drie ouder.

Vijftien jaar later speelde ik gitaar in een bandje. Zomaar opeens stuurde A3n me een foto per post (wellicht met de krant).

"Flowers in a Green Field," she wrote. It was the name of the band, and the lyrics of one of our songs! It was so very appropriate. The photo is taken in Rosmalen's backyard. Possibly shot on one of those Wednesday afternoons.

On the first of June 2022, I spent one more Wednesday with A3n. It was a lovely, warm June day in Boxtel. We walked with Hera in the park, we chatted about this and that, and Aiden and Elsa made pencil drawings with A3n. All of us had such a wonderful time.

A few weeks after our visit, A3n told 'sMam how much she had enjoyed that day, and how "the boy had been cheeky, and the girl really sweet." It was so touching that A3n remembered that day, despite her memory trouble.

Aiden was six at the time, Elsa eight. Perhaps we did not eat tosti's, but reflecting back, I feel we somehow made a nice, full circle.