Aaron Plaat

Today, I put my underwear on by myself. On most days, that wouldn’t seem significant. However, it was a sign of victory for me after a recent series of painful back spasms. For years, I’ve battled the occasional back spasm; a lightning-hot flash of pain that usually drops me to my hands and knees in […]

In my adult years, I started to understand the impact that traumatic situations can have on people. Sparked mostly through conversations with my older brother who had done a deep dive into the subject matter, I kept hearing a word over and over again; disregulated. When you go scuba diving, you probably aren’t thinking about […]

Nearly 20 years ago, I remember waking up one morning and deciding to do a large amount of garage/yard work. While my parents hadn’t asked me to do so, I was responsible for the lawn care at our family home, and I took the job seriously because it gave me a sense of satisfaction to […]

When you lose somebody you love, every memory you have of that person somehow crystallizes and remains etched in you permanently. Loss is hard, particularly when it’s somebody you were close to, or a parent. I think a lot of people lose their parents at a very young age, and bury them when they’re older. […]

As a child, I grew up in a household full of computers, thanks to my Dad’s occupation as an IT consultant. There were few people who understood computers the way Wim Plaat did. Dad, he looked at technology in similar ways others look at sports teams; he studied their every move, trends, competition and playing […]

In my Grandfather’s book, The Empty Hourglass, I see a persistent theme throughout the book; a man who desperately wants to reconnect with his own little child, to reassure him that he’s ok to be who is is…as a child. I think a lot of us grow up without ever being able to allow our inner child […]