December 6th 2000
How can I survive? Live is so hard... why does this needs to happen to us, everything is fallen apart. My friends, my family, I have to leave them all.
The day started of very well. Everybody was a wake on time. This day started as a normal day. In the morning we did our show. It was a great show. The children participated very well. Everybody was happy. This children deserved a great show, and that is what we gave to them. Even that there were some things that didn’t went right. In the afternoon, we had some free time. But we didn’t do a lot. We stayed in the facility were we had our show. All on a sudden, something strange was happening… we had to be on stage at 5pm for a meeting. That was not on the schedule. Everybody was nervous, what was going on, were was the staff? They had to be in one of our busses… something was happening, but we don’t know what…
The staff came back in the auditorium, with tears in their eyes. What was happening. I was shivering… not knowing what was going on.
DB, came on stage and started talking: “the board of governors of up with people… “ I didn’t understand what he meant, but all the English speakers started crying. I started asking what was going on… “it is over”, “up with people doesn’t exist anymore”
The day started of very well. Everybody was a wake on time. This day started as a normal day. In the morning we did our show. It was a great show. The children participated very well. Everybody was happy. This children deserved a great show, and that is what we gave to them. Even that there were some things that didn’t went right. In the afternoon, we had some free time. But we didn’t do a lot. We stayed in the facility were we had our show. All on a sudden, something strange was happening… we had to be on stage at 5pm for a meeting. That was not on the schedule. Everybody was nervous, what was going on, were was the staff? They had to be in one of our busses… something was happening, but we don’t know what…
The staff came back in the auditorium, with tears in their eyes. What was happening. I was shivering… not knowing what was going on.
DB, came on stage and started talking: “the board of governors of up with people… “ I didn’t understand what he meant, but all the English speakers started crying. I started asking what was going on… “it is over”, “up with people doesn’t exist anymore”
This are the words, that where writen in my journal, 10 years ago... it is so amasing that this all happend 10 years ago. Thinking about it, it still feels like yesterday. Sitting in that facility, getting the news...But I am also happy, happy that I was part of that wonderful program and that I met so many wonderful people from all over the world. People that will have a place in my heart for the rest of my live.
During those 10 years I had the opportunity to meet some of the people at reunions, the european reunions, and also the big once in the states. Even this summer I went back over there to meet some of my uppie friends :-)
On a day like this, I also think of the people that are not here with us anymore. Joanne and Kati are 2 shining stars in the heaven. We miss them.
There are many road to go
And they go, by many names,
they don't all go the same way
but they get there just the same
And I have a feeling that we'll meet someday
where the roads come togehter up the way
