What was your life like before...

Before the war began, I was raising my son, studying at university and working at a kindergarten. Later I went on maternity leave with my second son, but even on maternity leave I didn't get bored: I started baking gingerbread cookies and cakes to order. Even under shelling I made gingerbread cookies and decorated them, and on March 8, 2022, my dad and I greeted women on the street with them, and they cried. I will never forget it (

How does this affect your everyday life?

The first 2 years everything was hard, it seemed even breathing. I left home on my dad's birthday, he turned 45, and the uninflated number balloons "45" were left behind at home... That was the last time I saw and hugged my family. It was very hard emotionally, even more than physically, but I managed to find the strength in myself, pull myself together and keep living for my children, because they are my family, my love, my responsibility. It's hard now too, but I distract myself, the children distract me, I now have 3 sons. They are my life. Sometimes I cry, it overwhelms me. My eldest son understands my pain, because he remembers home, his grandmothers and grandfathers, and that carefree life.

Your strengths and dreams

I very often dream when I go to bed: I imagine meeting my family, all of us hugging, everything being completely fine and the war being over. My strength is my children, they are 100% my strength)))

What exactly will the funds be used for?

Prices are rising fast right now and there is a slight shortage of food. I'm raising 3 sons on my own, so the money will go to basic needs: food, both for every day and, if possible, small supplies for the winter, utility bills, and medicine, because when the children get sick they need a lot of medicine, and it's expensive. My eldest son goes to a sports club, the younger ones go to kindergarten, and my middle son attends individual sessions with a speech therapist and school-readiness classes.