I had Elinka when I was older. I do not regret it. Over the years, I had created an idea of how to raise and lead my daughter. When I worked for a year in a nursery for diplomat families at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Prague, I got the opportunity to get to know other children and their families, and the idea of raising my child internationally was formed. I would do anything for all those little souls. I loved them all very much, but one of them had a special place in my heart. Three-year-old boy Filip was a wonderful soul that shone so brightly and clearly. He was smart, gentle, empathetic, skillful, beautiful, and loving. He had a talent for soccer, dance, and ceramics. His father was English, and his mother was Czech. Filip was always the first to arrive and the last to leave the nursery. We played puppet theatre together, talked, and secretly gave him cookies when all the other children were gone. I was happy and fulfilled at work. I went there for "my children." They made me feel even more that I wanted to become a mother one day. And since I had a foreign boyfriend from the beginning of our relationship, and our relationship was the way it should be, I ended up working in the nursery because I got pregnant. It was a period of autumn flu, and I didn't want to risk anything, so I said goodbye to another stage in my life, for which I am very grateful. It was a pure, creative, and emotional work with children.
That life with a baby, now a five-year-old girl, husband, and traveling the world, is a dream. A dream that came true for me. A dream that we live day by day. We put in maximum effort and become better parents. We complement, help, and respect each other and appreciate each other properly. We celebrate every day. We act very spontaneously and lovingly. Our little daughter returns all of this to us with great love. How she grows before our eyes! We are very proud. She does not take things for granted and so she has to earn some of them, help, listen to advice, and adapt to our fast-paced life. The international feeling is certainly passed on to her. Because not only I but also Vuki are passionate travelers. Even long before our paths crossed and we started walking together. Elinka is our angel and our everything. I am probably not a typical Czech mother regarding upbringing. I try to give her the freedom to express herself greatly, to have dreams and goals, and to fulfill them all over the world. Whether it's the perfect air and life by the sea, the opportunity to speak foreign languages and find friends all over the world, taste new foods, touch different animals.
Being a child, believing in unicorns and telling stories about rainbows, fairies, glitter, and a magical world that intensifies a child's imagination. I teach her not to be afraid to communicate, to ask, to thank, to be independent. I teach her through play and know her rules. She is still under our protective wings, and we know that there will be situations where she will realize that the world is not so rosy. But above all, I know what it's like to have negative experiences from childhood that then carry on with my life without me even realizing it and later become such a blockage to express myself, forgive, or see real patterns in the family. And most of all, showing emotions. I wish all children in the world a beautiful life! We are not perfect parents, we have our flaws and weak moments, but we are a team and we manage everything together.
And I wouldn't be me if I didn't finish this story fairy-tale-like. Today, our Elizabetka was announced as the Student of the Month for her merits in the collective at a ceremony at school. As an individualist, for the qualities she shows and how she takes care of her friends in class. It was touching, strong, magnificent, as only America can be, and we are very proud of her! And we also take it as our award, for our love and attention today catapulted her to the heights. When the applause rang out, she certainly felt like that unicorn on her rainbow cloud. Happy.
Today, as a mother of ELIZABETKA.
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