Alena K. (EII) - The importance of family

An important role in my life is played by my mother. I am grateful to her for being by my side throughout my entire life. She doesn’t live my life for me or hold me in a tight embrace, but she feels me almost “to the bottom,” living through all my life situations with me, even when I keep silent about them.

Since my early childhood, my mother has treated me as an equal, speaking to me as if I were an adult. I never felt out of place or unnecessary—she always accepted me just as I was.

<...> I remember that when I was sixteen, these words came to me: “I want to have a man who will love me, value me, respect me, adore me.” Those four words were defining for me. And in fact, when I grew up, I met exactly such a person.

That is why children need to be shown more examples of happy families, harmonious relationships, men and women who are beautiful both inside and out — a world that is beautiful not in a boastful way, but in a genuine, harmonious way. This will become the worldview they will strive for.