When I was a child, I was really close to my mom. She was my friend, my advisor. Even now, she is my everything. She taught me to be calm, friendly, clever and wise. My love is eternal and when I am far away from her I am trying to find some alternatives to not [...]
Photo was taken from Unsplash. It is free to use. Lemasson-Théobald on Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/g84Q_XxBtJU Once I was watching Turkish TV-show "Vatanim Sensin" and it was about occupation of Izmir while World War 1 was lasting. Spoiler alert! There were a lot of really pleasant names Azize, Hilal, Cevdet, Leon, Ali Kemal and etc, but I [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWz0mnTz32w Listen to this while reading:) It is a song written on Abay Kunanbayev's words. Can be translated as "Apple of an eye" When I was a child, I really liked one name, it was Kamshat and it means mink. Once I told it to our elder people, then one of them told me that [...]
You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean, in a drop. -Rumi- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=am6rArVPip8 Listen this while reading:) Do you know that "Victoria" is "Intissar" in Arabic. It is the name that I was dreaming to give to my daughter, before some circumstances. Thus, this name means "victory" and I would [...]
I have a friend, he is actually a boy, but since we realized that sometimes he acts as like as a girl (SAY NO TO SEXISM), he allowed me to write about him in character of a girl. https://youtu.be/axTgDLAHfA0 Thus, her mom called her Inessa. It means pure, Vestal. No, she is no saint, she [...]
Intissar, Aaren, Annema, Avtandil, Deniz
One day, when I was walking, I was introduced with new neighbours , it was Turkish family. They had a daughter and her name was Smyrna.Being honest, I loved this name. It was unusual and pleasant to hear, but then I knew some stories about how this name appeared.Obviously, from that time I am always [...]
I and my husband always dreamt about having a son. One day I knew that I was pregnant
“I was sitting at the yard. Drinking tea. You know, I was thinking about a girl. Occasionally, I saw how she was crossing the opposite street. I shouted “Elina! Elina!”, but I could not hear my sound. It was silence. I could not pronounce her name, because I lost my voice. I sweat. I wanted [...]
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