Resi

Tell Us About Yourself?

I am Resi, I am married, mother of 2 beautiful daughters aged 33 and 31 and grandmother of 2 adorable grandsons. I was born in Schiedam as the youngest of a family with 3 children. My parents moved to Brabant when I was 6 months old. I enjoy living in Hilvarenbeek, a charming village in Brabant. I have always worked for a large telecom company until 2 years ago. 33 years ago it was not so common to continue working (full-time). My parents taught me to work for the things you want to achieve. If there was not a lot of money at home, I made sure I looked nice with creativity. I made my own clothes from a very young age and looked at the things that were in fashion. I am very grateful that my parents gave me the freedom to make my own choices.

Can you tell us about marriage and motherhood?

I have been happily married for 40 years. I was just 23 and we had already bought our first house. A decision that we still benefit from today. I think the success of a good marriage is that you respect each other as you are, you should not want to change each other but support each other and bring out the best in each other. I was 29 when my oldest daughter was born. After two and a half years I had my youngest daughter. I was and am very happy with my two girls. They now each have a sweet partner of their own and both have good careers.

What do you consider your greatest achievement?

I am creative and very visual. As a child I could already imagine how I could get things done, I already had the end result in my mind. That took me a long way later in my career. Even now I still have an attitude that things work out, obstacles are there to challenge yourself.

If You Had a Warning Label, What Would It Be?

That would be: Don’t make me do anything. If I think something is important, I do it on my own.