„Both my husband and I wanted to have a baby very much, i.e. this was a planned pregnancy and we prepared for that. Moreover, as my husband is a doctor, we learned the American Academy of Pediatrics recommendations and almost retold them to each other.
„I have lived here since the war and have not been able to go anywhere. They forced me to leave that area. I was not able to take anything with me. I had a very good life and did not lack anything. I had worked
“I was very young, around sixteen months old, when we left Gali, so I don’t have clear memories of abandoning home and travelling. I do remember, however, what our life was like after we arrived in Tbilisi. I remember standing in a long line for meagre
“My dad was an artist, which means he was frequently jobless. Mom had to work so my little sister Lika and I spent most of the day with dad. If you asked me to choose between dad and chocolate, I would pick dad. He was
„My mother and I spent all summer holidays in Borjomi in my childhood. Most of the time we rented the house of one and the same photographer, who worked and took pictures in the Borjomi Park. I was allowed to do anything in this house,
“He is a boy, so when he grows up he’s going to be ashamed of having his mother’s last name,” – this is what I’ve been told repeatedly, but I refuse to agree. I don’t think that as a parent I am responsible for ensuring
„I started writing in my childhood. Maybe this was not exactly writing but I wrote poems and I did not hide that. I had never hidden that. I liked and found it interesting when others read them. I stopped writing after I finished school, but
„This is my story – When Lile was born I had already had one child and I knew what it was like to have a baby. I thought I would experience everything afresh and be doubly happy, I did not have any other expectations. At
„This year, I enrolled in the Department of International Relations and moved to Tbilisi to study. In my last years at school in Batumi, I contacted some non-governmental organizations, such as Batumi Youth House, the Leader’s Club, the Freedom Center, and started to work as