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Two Years Later: We Are Still Here

Two Years Later: We Are Still Here

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I haven't updated our blog for a long time, but the idea was constantly running through my head. I had many attempts to write, and I also knew exactly about what, some good drafts have already been collected (only in my head), but most likely their time hasn’t come yet. I think this is already the fourth time I've written this article with the intention to get connected again, but somehow the other versions disappeared somewhere in the electronic ecosystem, without a trace. And I completely understand, based on how long they had to wait in there, that they chose to find another place. I wouldn't have waited either if I were them. Part of our stories not being shared online is exactly that; in the last few years, a lot has happened very, very fast, and it seems that the more it happened, the more overwhelmed I felt. And even if every moment in our life came with a lot of inspiration for stories worth sharing, if I couldn't find the necessary time to get it out on "the line" straight away, later on I would had no energy left to do so because there were a lot of new moments coming in, just as beautiful and as important, and with just as little time left for "post production". But today, version 4.0 of this article for re-connection is proudly seeing the light of the internet.

Two and a half years have passed since the “most recent" article has been published, and during all this time we have often asked ourselves whether it makes sense to continue to finance the website, or to give it up, since we no longer have been using it actively. But every time this discussion came up, we realised that even though we haven't published in a while, every time we talked to someone about our past projects, the easiest thing to do was to go on TheStrineholms.com and show them our stories more closely. So, our website was actually fulfilling the purpose for which it has been created, to be an online story album of our life. It felt very clear in my soul that one day I would return to fill in our saga, and thank God for having plenty of inspiration that would fuel those stories.

As I said, many articles have been written in my head during these years, and just as many comfortably stayed there, partly because their time hasn't come yet, but most likely because life needed us more than at any other time, to give birth (both metaphorically and in the most natural sense of the word) and to support its wonders. And to live in the present moment with everything that surround us. In short, the reasons why we haven't been present online are as follows: our second pregnancy, the reality of the pandemic in the student dorm, the birth of Maja, adapting to the new family constellation, starting jobs (Philippe as an R&D Electronic Design Engineer, and me as a PhD student in Innovation and Design), moving (across the street) and adjusting to the new home (a tiny apartment from the 60s), renovating it piece by piece (and trust me, there have been quite a few pieces, from floor to ceiling, all done by the two of us, mostly Philippe), two-month trip to Europe in our minivan ... and all of this while continuously supporting life and its development, setting the intention for us to grow up with a healthy body, mind and soul.

There have been some wonderful moments, other that were really tough, some lacked energy and some were effervescent and full of it. New moments are still happening at the same pace, but now both we and the kids have grown up a bit more, and the routines have started to settle down, or at least we are a bit more aware when and how to apply them, constantly adapting to the new needs. So I am now writing the 4.0 version of this article for re-connecting, intending that more stories will find their way in here, gently, following their rhythm and our own one.

The initial stories will be related to the apartment renovation process and my passion for creating spaces that inspire and support the people living in them. Then there will follow stories from our travelings as a family of four, with our blue minivan that patiently contains all of us in its 4.3 square meters. And surely there will be new ones worth sharing. The list is open but when and how it will happen, we will find out together. ☀️
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