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The deepest and most merciless loneliness I have ever fallen into happened during the days after your birth. The weeks that followed were not any better either. Even more, a hopeless feeling grew deeper by the fear of having to let you go from my embrace…

The event “Grand Karakterre” taking place at the Ljubljana Castle is where my husband took us. It is also responsible for our first encounter with the Svetlik wines. There he promised Iva Svetlik that we will certainly come to visit them. We became friends at our…

You wore different coloured socks today in support of the Down Syndrome Day. However, we would also like to ask you for the following: Do not stare at our children. Do not stare at us – parents. Do not stare at their brothers and sisters. Raise your children, so that…

Our daughter Maša was born with the mentioned chromosomal error. Today she is 20 months old. We learned about her condition in the 25th week of gestation. In such cases usually a standard protocol is performed. The doctors offer you a termination of pregnancy. Despite the…

Once, a long time ago, I built a wall around my heart in order to protect it. With the help of mighty walls of reason I thoughtfully steered between those, to whom I showed at least a bit of it and from those, from whom I…

There is always room to whine. Even if there is none, I even fight to make it. Although many people perceive me as cheerful and playful, I am actually an old nag. I want to say that everything is Sofia’s fault, but she is…

It all started with tiredness, due to which I wanted my blood to be tested. I realised I have high cholesterol, although I haven’t reached my 40s yet and my weight doesn’t even match one bag of cement. It is true that my life…

These days I often say to people, perhaps only because I seek comfort or their understanding, that each of us has their own Sofia. Although my Sofia is made of flesh and blood, it is she who keeps our hearts pumping, it is she…

Dining in the street is usually accompanied with an effortless conversation with a passer-by who joins you just for a little while, lunch with someone who you know only from afar and meeting people whose presence gives you the feeling that they will not…

I am not entirely sure, but perhaps even the morning started completely unacceptable. Too early, it offered just a cup of herbal tea and rushing to the city where we arrived with a ferry just a few days earlier. Tired by the visit of…