Linda van der Meer:  

Linda is from Uxbridge, Massachusetts. Linda's schools include Whitinsville Christian High School. Linda later attended Queen's University (Psychology) . Linda works(ed) at Criterion Valley Early Intervention, Criterion Valley Early Intervention, Criterion Valley Early Intervention. Music Linda likes includes Florence and the Machine, Aoife O'Donovan, Cat Stevens. Books Linda likes include The Hunger Games, The Velveteen Rabbit, Charlotte's Web. Movies Linda likes include How to Lose A Guy in 10 Days, It's a Wonderful Life, Anne of Green Gables. TV shows Linda likes include Modern Family, TLC, Discovery Fit and Health. One of Linda's favorite quotes is:""The Skin Horse had lived longer in the nursery than any of the others. He was so old that his brown coat was bald in patches and showed the seams underneath, and most of the hairs in his tail had been pulled out to string bead necklaces. He was wise, for he had seen a long succession of mechanical toys arrive to boast and swagger, and by-and-by break their mainsprings and pass away, and he knew that they were only toys, and would never turn into anything else. For nursery magic is very strange and wonderful, and only those playthings that are old and wise and experienced like the Skin Horse understand all about it. "What is REAL?" asked the Rabbit one day, when they were lying side by side near the nursery fender, before Nana came to tidy the room. "Does it mean having things that buzz inside you and a stick-out handle?" "Real isn't how you are made," said the Skin Horse. "It's a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real." "Does it hurt?" asked the...Expand for more