April 2017 - ongoing When you turn 50 in the Netherlands it is a tradition to call the woman Sarah and the man Abraham on their birthday. This important day is celebrated with a life-size doll in the likeness of the birthday man or woman placed in their own front lawn. These dolls are placed by relatives or friends and they are making sure the doll represents your age "properly" - which means very old. When you turn 60 you are called Isaac or Elisabeth. This age is less celebrated, but for some it feels even more of a milestone. The age of 60 is feared. It is the image in the head of your own mother at age 60, truly an old looking lady. "I hope I am not comparable with my mother when she was 60"
 April 2017 - ongoing When you turn 50 in the Netherlands it is a tradition to call the woman Sarah and the man Abraham on their birthday. This important day is celebrated with a life-size doll in the likeness of the birthday man or woman placed in their own front lawn. These dolls are placed by relatives or friends and they are making sure the doll represents your age "properly" - which means very old. When you turn 60 you are called Isaac or Elisabeth. This age is less celebrated, but for some it feels even more of a milestone. The age of 60 is feared. It is the image in the head of your own mother at age 60, truly an old looking lady. "I hope I am not comparable with my mother when she was 60"