Kindergarten

When my parents took me back, I was five. They used their connections to put me into...

Why I don't have Children

My reason for not having a child is complex, as reasons usually are, but it can be...

Paternal Grandfather

He was a thin and muscular guy who survived five years of war, built his own house,...

The First Year of My Life

The first year of my live I spent living with my student-parents in a large city. My...

Maternal Grandmother

My grandmother on my mother's side was a Siberian Russian. She was very pretty and...

Maternal Uncle

Once in their childhood, my mom had badly beaten an older boy for hurting her kid...

Only Child

I was the only child for both my mother and father. My mom did not like children, my...

Paternal Uncle

The younger brother of my father was a doctor, a physician. He worked in a large...

My Ethnicity

Ethnically, I am a mixed Slavic-German (~1/2 Ukrainian, ~1/4 German, ~1/4 Russian),...

German Lessons In-Person

German Course Offer Beginner German lessons with Lena: an in-person course with...