My name is Marjolijn Curière Øye and I am born in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, at 19:40 at 04-05-1966.  
I have many good memories about Holland. A lot of those memories I thank to my parents, who have become my best friends during the years. They were my greatest support and helped me through some real heavy periods in my life. Whatever happened, they were there for me. Helped me to get up again, sometimes after a deep fall. 
I love them from the bottom of my heart and miss them a lot since I moved to Norway. That is also why I dedicated this homepage to them.

In 1989 I got married with Ton. We met at my first job in 1985 and moved together in 1987. After two years we decided to get married, and also wanted kids.  In 1991 we moved to a bigger house in a smaller town, called Koog aan de Zaan (12 km above Amsterdam). My parents moved there as well and still live there. 
After many hospital visits and two operations our dream for a child was over. It was sad to find out that so was our marriage. We both had changed and even though we still had fun, we had grown apart and had become too different to continue together. In 1999 we divorced. He is still one of my best friends.
I tried to get a house in the area, but this was almost impossible, so I moved back to Amsterdam. Coincidence or not, but I ended up in my old neighbourhood. The place where I grew up :-)

One year later I got, through the internet, in touch with a Norwegian man and we fell in love. After a year of travelling up and down year we decided to move together and I moved to Norway.
Our relationship did not keep stand though. After our brake-up, I moved to Oslo. I doubted a lot whether I should return to Holland or stay. I finally had two reason to stay:
One was that I actually didn't want to give up. I just got a steady job, had found a nice little flat and had come so far. I was afraid that I would regret it later, when I just gave up. The other reason was  my cats... Finding a place for myself was one, but what about them? They had been through so much themselves, and also with me. I didn't want to leave them... maybe having to split them (they are a family), where would they end up? So I stayed. Without the help and support from some friends and especially my parents I wouldn't have managed. It  was a very hard and lonely time. Think I never cried so much in my life.

But, bit by bit I came out of the valley. Got my life in track again. I liked my job, had a cosy home, three lovely cats and some very dear friends. And at the moment I expected it the least, I met this lovely man (also through internet by the way): Geir Olav. 
What more can life offer you than love, health and happiness. I am glad that I can say now: I love, am beloved and am happy!

In August 2004 I lost my job, due to cost cuts, which made us decide to move together. A decision that we still don't regret. On the contrary: On the 28th of December 2005 we got married :-)

This is my life in a tiny nutshell. My hobbies? Well, if you can call it really hobbies: I like reading, listening to music, writing poems, movies, watching football and F1, spending time with friends, puzzles, my cats, travelling and working on my computer (surfing, some chatting, and of course working on my homepage).


Marjolijn