3.30 p.m. on a free Wednesday afternoon Big boy: “You’re not fat at all.” Little boy: “Look at my belly on the picture.” Big boy: “No, look here at my belly.” Little boy: “You haven’t got a belly at all.” Big boy: “But, if I press it between my fingers. […]
7.15 a.m. in the living-room before school Big boy: “Why are you crying?” Little boy: “I didn’t do my housework…” Big boy: “But is this so bad?” Little boy: “I’ll get a red point as punishment.” Big boy: “Well…that’s not this bad.” Little boy: “I’ve already one red point…” Big […]
Having feelings. Feeling loved. But there is no space to be. There is no space for love. Feeling squeezed. What stays are memories. Memories of being in one world. Having one future. Being meant for each other. Being one by two.
Dinner table at 18.31 p.m. Big boy: “Which movie shall we watch tonight?” Little boy: “Do you think Mom will allow us this?” Big boy: “Sure. She already agreed.” Little boy: “I didn’t hear it.” Big boy: “She will certainly say yes. I know.” Little boy: “Last week-end she said: no movies […]
When I was as old as my little boy, nine years old, I was a quiet, timid girl being very afraid of talking to other people than my family and blushing when I had to talk to the teacher during the classes. I don’t know how I survived so many displeasing situations in the […]
Little boy is a very sunny, caring and clever kid, and his self-confidence is big. I often tell him how great he is. For example, during his violin lesson he is talking without fear telling his teacher why it has been difficult to rehearse, why it has been easy to play this way […]
It took me quite a while to realize what it means being a mom. My own mother told me so many times that I’ll be remembering her when I’ll be having my own children. She used to say so when she was upset with me. And as I remember, she was it very often […]
She is an 86-year-old lady: proud and brilliant. Her body is fragile, but her mind is rather strong. Before I met Olga Charova, she has been lying in bed for three months, being very sick and loosing a lot of weight. I didn’t expect her to leave her home and to come to the […]
Normally, he is talking like a waterfall. But then, he was lying there. The little surgical intervention with a general anesthesia went well. I sat at his bed and waited until he woke up. I was looking at his chest, following his breathing. I was looking at his face during hours, studying his little […]
Clouds are like humans or humans are like clouds. Some are attracting each other like in the picture and some try to stay away from each other. Today, my younger boy and me met a doctor at the children hospital and felt both the same way very attracted to this young woman. She explained […]