Ciska de Jonge

A Brave New World Ciska de Jonge

"That is the last of it" I am so tired. All this planning and organising has finally come to a point. Closing the last box and looking around my living room, it finally sinks in. We are leaving tomorrow, a new home, a new life, scary but exciting. All the pictures on my wall a tribute to the life I have built here with my children and my husband. In this moment I cannot help but shed a tear for all the good and all the bad and the sad that took place in these four walls. This is where we shared a life and love. This is where I told Will I was pregnant with William; he always wanted a boy even though he loved Hannah with all he had. This is where I got the news of his death and where I my mother held me when I broke after the funeral. Will died in a car accident just before William's second birthday. Where I lived, loved and lost but now it is time for a new beginning. It has been a little over a year since Will passed away. When the opportunity presented itself for our family to emigrate to Italy I knew we needed a new start and a better future. A brave new world a story about a family's journey to a new country and a mysterious new world. Emma's family is her foundation and her children her life. This new world is filled with magic, darkness and her children right in the middle of it. A story with love, hope and new beginnings.