Me, 78 years old, sitting at the kitchen table with my 13 year old granddaughter. We philosophize about the future.
She wants to be an actress, she thinks, and she also wants children, but nice ones, who are fun and just clean up and stuff. Preferably one boy and one girl twin. She mainly wants to continue living in Amsterdam and then a weekend house on Terschelling, because she also loves the outdoors. She also likes a farm with chickens and a sheep.
She looks dreamily ahead.
Then she suddenly asks: “And you, Grandma, what are your plans for the future?”
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A version of this article also appeared in the October 19, 2022 newspaper