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Friday 10 January 2020
Aruba to Me

ORANJESTAD – Aruba Today likes to wel-
come readers to participate in our news-
paper. You can see that in our Honored
Guest-publications, specials like on Val-
entine’s Day and on other occasions.
Throughout the year you are always wel-
come to send us your vacation picture(s)
together with completing the sentence:
Aruba to me is …….. (Email: news@aruba-
today.com)

For today’s newspaper we received some
lovely pictures from Margaret Johnson.
She wrote to us:

“Aruba to us is…. The most
wonderful island ever.

I have been visiting for over 35 years. My hus-
band (was called back home). I continue to
visit because I love Aruba for the safety factors,
my love and respect for all I come in contact
with, the fabulous restaurants, the food qual-
ity, quantity and taste is over the moon (and I
truly believe and have experienced this).

Even though my husband has passed, I con-
tinue to visit this fabulous island. I worked with
my (autistic) grandson grooming him for his
security to make him aware that he can do
anything you want is possible. (Now 34 years
old) and his development is currently 10-12
years (starting 15 years ago) to prepare him to
travel and mainly to give him the experience
of Aruba that his grandparents have come to
love. His love for the DiviDivi All Inclusive is out-
standing; the smile on his face when he is asked to visit is worth
all the money in the world. We visited Aruba last year alone
(4) times. When the staff greets him by his name he shines with
the biggest smile and confidence as he sits on the couch in the
lobby (one of his favorite places). Stephen also reminds me
daily to go to the lobby to pick up the daily newspaper. I love read-
ing Aruba Today the only English newspaper!

Over the years we have met so many special people and became
friends. To this day, we either meet on the island and/or continue to
keep in touch.

Even though we pay our trip for all inclusive,
we still visit other restaurants and enjoy the
many different tastes. The restaurants on lo-
cation are fabulous and to mention a few are
the Tam buffet, Palm Garden, Paparazzi, piz-
za bar, and especially The Red Parrot. Some
of our favorite restaurants off site are Chop
House, Windows, Matthews, DD, Hooters and
so many more.

The Security team is very positive, and makes
us feel safe. I can approach them at any
time if there is an issue or a question. Back in
the day there was no such thing as security or security locks on the
screens, but we learned to respect them in this day and time.

Stephen received his Certificate of Distinction award in 2015
Carl & I received the Certificate of Distinction award in 1996
I received the Ambassador of Aruba award in 2009
I look forward to receiving the Emerald Award in the near future

Thank you for reaching out and making our visits to Aruba SPECIAL.q