Spreuken over Leven

Basically, our lives were put on hold. A lot of stuff I had to do on my own.

He was a living legend in my household.

One year older, one year shorter; celebrate while you still can, and make sure to live life to the fullest until the end.

Hildegarde was perhaps the most famous supper-club entertainer who ever lived, ... I used to absorb all the things she was doing, all the showmanship she created. It was marvelous to watch her, wearing elegant gowns, surrounded with roses and playing with white gloves on. They used to literally roll out the red carpet for her.

You still want to keep the county relatively rural, so that it's an attractive place to live.