Suzanne van Garderen
Let me introduce myself for a start, I’m a proud single Dutch mother of two amazing kids. A beautiful teenager of 14 years old (girl) , and a little cute boy almost 2. The kings wish is what we call it up here in The Netherlands It’s very difficult to wright something about myself to be honest, but I can say that I live for my kids, I can’t imagine a life without them. From the first moment I lay my eyes on my daughter 14,5 years ago I fell in love unconditionally and the second time with my son the same thing happened, and the feeling that I felt that moment was overwhelming. I’m a single mother, both kids without a father, this was something I choose for. So I’m not only a mother but a father as well. I’m a strong woman but sometimes it’s hard, but I think this counts for every parent single or not. My kids are doing great, at the moment my daughter is in Italy Palermo, for an Exchange, in April a student which she stays with will come to Holland to spend time here, she’s doing great on School so she deserved it like nobody else, she makes me a very proud mother. And my little one..well, it’s true what they say about boys..I feel like an Olympic athlete right now hahaha, amazing to see the differences between girls and boys, I do learned very quickly with my little one that I better not worry too much and need to let him go and explore, he’s a type of kid who learns better by experience than by telling. And the results of it is showing, in his actions he looks more like 3 years old than 1, he learns very quick, and yes, in his short life he has had more bruises than my daughter..Boys will be boys.. About my modeling I’ve started very late age 36 ( almost 40 now) I’ve started because somebody asked me to work with him and from that moment I’ve worked with the best photographers from Holland, you can’t tell I’m almost this age, I’m aging Flawless it looks like..Lucky me ( no botox, or whatever, yeah, some hair paint) I’m also that type of woman who can eat what she wants, not gaining weight, and can’t see I have two kids when you look at my body. I started to act as well and did lots of funny things, its hard though to see yourself after on television, I’m my worst critic, and I also started to make my own concepts as a Art-director/Creative director with fashion, this resulted in amazing results with publications around the world. I’ve worked with amazing people, professional, willing to work hard, Creative, inspiring and hope I will pick it up soon again. For the moment I stopped because of financial issues and health issues, my kids come first, than me..I do miss it a lot, I’m a very creative person and can’t put my creativity nowhere on the moment ( well drawing with my little one is something ) But well, let’s go back to motherhood..I think for all the mothers and fathers who read this, how hard it even is sometimes, the love, the connection, the joy, the proud and specially the little things which give you the most amazing feeling on this world is what counts the most..if they are healthy you are healthy, and if you enjoy, they enjoy..if they laugh, you laugh, and if you are happy they are happy..That’s the connection between a mother or a father with their kids My kinds regards, Suzanne van Garderen
