Author: Violeta

I have considered going back to school. In Romania we can easily afford it. I thought about getting my masters in something like psychology, something i really liked in college but I had no guidance, plus I was really good at sciences and math, and went for the practical road. I have used and still…

I don’t think i have any other control over how i feel, other than letting go.

It’s towards the end of March and winter hasn’t even showed an inclination to leave. Unwelcome guest. There is snow on the hills. Shaving ice off my car to take J to kindergarten…

Years later what has been most encouraging to me was to read real hardships of the past. They are never fun when living them, as we don’t know the outcome… but here it goes. Probably the hardest day this year.

It must be a new learned skill – an endearing one – picked up at kindergarten. “Let’s be friends!”

It started a year ago, when Jaclyn didn’t like her hair held back, but one day she asked to have a ponytail just like Bogdan and Stefan’s mom. She has blond long hair.

Tomorrow we find out if Conrad needs surgery.

How many stories have I heard about kids doing everything in their power to prolong the the bedtime routine. It is a sweet time but it’s the end of the day, when the energy is depleted and all the parents want is to sit in silence on the couch, next to each other, preferably with…

A silly sledding accident on the very last day of snow this winter. Shook us up a bit. Made us slow down, and reassess quite a few aspects of our mundane life.

– Guess who is coming here today? – Who? – Guess! – Is someone coming to eat here? Or to talk about adoption? Or to play with me? —— – Jaclyn, check your attitude! – No! I’m not checking nothing! [silence] – Jaclyn Elizabeth Altmann! 😤 – What’s “attitude”? 🤓

I have no words. Nothing creative. Nothing interesting. Nothing new. I’m just living life one day at a time.