The childhood "Some may be surprised, but I was a very quiet child. I didn't go outside to play and didn't interact much with other kids, but I loved doing other things, such as reading – as soon as I learned to read, I read all
,,I was 11 years old when I noticed that my family members were telling me something, but I was asking them confusedly – ‘’What? What did you say to me?’’ My hearing was getting worse and within a few months, I was already having a hard
"We were in 4th grade when a new Georgian language teacher – Manana Tsomaia started working in our school. Before that, I wasn’t motivated enough to learn the Georgian language or any other subjects at school. This teacher was very kind, friendly, and at the
"I always say that Telavi has ‘’grown old’’. Like other regions, ‘’young minds’’ leave as soon as they finish their bachelor's degree, and go to big cities. If we don’t make the changes as we see fit, others will adjust things to themselves and that won't
‘’When I was growing up, no one let me feel different and I didn’t realize that I was different. One day when I wanted to run outside with the kids and my mom couldn’t explain why she wouldn’t let me go, she let me stand
"It's very hard to be a mother in our culture. Just because people weren't able to understand my children, people often threw mud at me. For the first time, it was because of my eldest daughter Salome, and her activism. I remember I almost died with
Woman in a minibus I’m a diplomat by profession – I studied the history of international relations. Nowadays it is a common practice, but when I was a student it was rare for a student to study and work at the same time. Our family didn’t
“I've thought many times that my whole personality and life path were determined by my own childhood traumas. I was a talented, open-minded, and curious child. I could absorb everything in the world and shine a bright light in return. I stood on the stage
Sopiko: "Tamuna was born in Svaneti. Her problem is directly related to the fact that we lived in the mountains and there wasn’t a rehabilitation center or a specialist who would diagnose Tamuna and prescribe treatment. After the injury during birth, she continued development with cerebral