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A couple of weeks ago, Romain and I had the pleasure of having lunch at my favourite Indonesian restaurant<\/a> in Amsterdam with my great uncle Roel who I had not seen in 15 years. Oom Roel lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan, but he is Dutch-Indonesian, and grew up both here in Holland and Indonesia. Over our long lunch of rijs tafel<\/em> – a Dutch-Indonesian speciality – he shared stories from his childhood, and told me things about my Opa that I never knew.<\/p>\n

Oom Roel’s mother – my great grandmother\u00c2\u00a0 – was half Indonesian, half Scottish. She spoke many languages and she traveled the world regularly, even in her nineties. As a child I was so inspired by her, and I felt somehow deeply connected, even though I’d only met her a handful of times. During lunch, oom Roel gave me a letter that his sister-in-law had been saving for me all these years. It was a letter that I had written to my great-grandmother when I was just 8 years old. As soon as I took the letter out of the envelope I had the most vivid memories of the paper. But the content of this letter is what captured my heart the most. To my delight I discovered that even “sometimes” wishes can come true…<\/p>\n

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