Storytime Tapestry Newsletter

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Special Treat – Saskia Nienna Streidel

April 21, 2006

Our Little German writer Saskia is getting married and she is delirious.  I have never known her to be happier.  She is so happy that she has written a book, love poems and stories for her American finance, David, and she wanted to share her joy with her Storytime Tapestry Family by writing a three part column.  Here is the first in the series.

May I introduce myself?

Sassia Nienna Streidel

May I introduce myself? I am a woman in love.

Probably you do not see this as something special, but it is. Everybody who is in love creates something special. Everybody who has love growing in the heart gives the world dreams and hopes and the taste of a better future for all of us.

And for me it still seems a bit - hm, let’s say unusual – to use those words: “I am in love!”

I remember a summer afternoon a few years ago. A friend and I were walking through the city when a young couple passed us by. They were walking arm in arm and seemed to be very happy and lucky. But still the guy turned his head to look first at me friends legs and then at my breasts. I laughed, my friend blushed. The couple kept on walking, still holding each other.  One more time the guy turned around, just in time to catch my laughter. Then he looked at his girl who smiled at him.

I remember the way my friend asked me this stupid question which would become the start of a long discussion between us.

“Who would you rather be? The girl in his arms or the girl he stars at in the city?”

I knew my friend would love to be the girl in his arms. And we both knew I would not.

Now, a few years later, my friend is still a single. Her heart got broken at least three times since then. She did not have much fun as far as I know and she feels lonely. I had quite a bit fun in the last few years, I never felt lonely and I fell in love. I moved into a new house with the man I love and I will get married soon. I have no regrets and I can still look back with a smile in my face. I do not think that I missed anything in my life and I am looking forward to spend the rest of my life together with the man I love.

Who would I want to be? The woman in his arms or the woman he stars at? Both!

But the difference is that I am the woman in his arms. And of course I want to be in his arms, because it is HIM, the man I have chosen. He has my love. The other guy in the city was just a guy, a stranger, a face that passes by. I enjoyed it that he start at me for a few seconds, because that was like a fresh-baked cookie for my self-esteem. But then I just kept on walking without thinking about him anymore. My friend did not. She saw in almost every man her “could-be-my-love” dream. I think that this is why she is so lonely now. I cannot remember how the guy in the city looked like and I do not care, because today I am in the arms of my lover’s arms and I am

A woman in love.

Saskia Steidel

Elmstein, Germany

Email: saskiaofthewoods@yahoo.de

Saskia Steidel loves the "Playing with words" and the "Letting the thoughts live on paper". She loves old fairy-tale books, columns and Bio's.

In Germany, where she lives, she worked on some poetry-projects and an art-calendar. 2003 she published her poetry book called "Am Ende der Nebel" (In the end the mist). She also publishes articles about child development and creativity and kids. So far she worked just in Germany. But now she also has a monthly column in a Canadian magazine. The column is called "Food For Thoughts".

Under the name Ivy Brown, Saskia writes children's books.

Saskia Steidel went through quite a few jobs - salesperson in a shop, secretary in a lawyers office, ticketmanager for a soccer club, nanny - till she finally understood that all she wants to do is to write and to work with kids. This is what she does now. And she studies again: musictherapy and learntherapy.

Saskia lives with her (soon to be) husband and their three indian-walking ducks Fred, Grace and Marilyn in a small small village in the woods of the South-West of Germany.

Interests: children's books, poetry, creativity and kids, parenting, animals,...

Love,

Saskia
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