Day 02 – My parents

Meet my parents


My mom: Anne 
A very playful lady but one who can also be incredibly firm when needed. She has changed a lot over the years so it's difficult to give one simple description of her as a parent.
When I was a child, she was, in my opinion, too hard on us when it came to responsibilities and such. I mean, parents should be tough - but they also have to let their kids be kids.
On the other hand, this is one of the reasons why I'm quite a tough cookie myself sometimes and this is something I really came to value in myself and it has helped me through some difficult situations.


As I grew older and after my mom and dad had separated, she became the incredibly sweet, soft and caring person she is today! We became more like friends than purely mother and daughter.
What has always been consistent is that she has always loved me the best she could (let's face it, I wasn't exactly the role-model child either ;)).


My mom is a teacher, a job that suits her perfectly and I am very proud of her for making this change in her life (started the studies at the age of 40!!).

My dad: Tom 
My dad and I were always very close when I grew up! He was easy-going, fun to be around and my friends also really liked him. It also helped that for a while, he was coaching our "for fun" soccer team.
He is actually half Finnish, which make me a quarter Finnish and he speaks Finnish fluently.
His mom (my only living grandparent) and brother (my uncle) lives in Finland and I have 3 cousins on his side.


My dad moved quite far away a little more than a year after the separation, so I didn't see him so much for a while. During this time, our contact became less good - but as he recently moved back to Köping, it should be easier in the future.


My dad loves fishing and I love to go with him! Unfortunately, since I moved to Switzerland, this is not easy to do these days..... When he still lived in his house (up until not so long ago) he would always smoke a trout for me whenever I'd come and visit as he knows it's one of my favourite foods!
I am very very happy he finally moved closer to "home"!

My Bonus dad: Kalle

....well, his real name is Gunnar, but that's a name I've never called him. After all, I didn't even know his real name was anything BUT Kalle until more than a year after he started to date my mom. They are happily married since a number of years (am a little bit ashmed that I can't remember the exact year......) and I know I can always count on him if I ever get into trouble, if I just need to talk or if I simply want a Grappa ;))


These are my parents..... They have sacrificed a lot to bring up my brother and me. Hopefully they have also gained something ;)
I love them to pieces and wouldn't replace them for anything ♥

xox