Mom, I love you so much! I never expected you to throw such a party for me!» Angelika was jumping around her mother as if she was not turning eighteen but was only five years old. Her mother looked at her tenderly: «Lika, what are you talking about, it’s your special day. Although, of course, […]
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When asked a question by his nine-year-old daughter Arishka, her father was at a loss. He didn’t have an answer… He wasn’t a priest to discourse about God. Vasiliy was known in the district as a skilled stove setter, dexterous and always ready to work. Building a stove was his expertise, but answering such complex […]
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Julia nervously fiddled with her bag strap, standing in the check-in line. There was still a whole day left until her mother-in-law’s anniversary—more precisely, her former mother-in-law—but she had specifically chosen this early flight. She knew that Oleg usually did everything at the last minute, so he would likely be on tomorrow’s morning flight. Three […]
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Sooner or later in life, the time comes when it is time for children to take care of their elderly parents. It is a sad and difficult period of life, but it can teach us a lot. It also reveals the true nature of our closest people. This is what happened with the hero of […]
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Alenushka, please… listen to me!» cried the mother-in-law. «No, Vera Vasilievna. There’s nothing to talk about,» Alena cut her off. She looked at four-year-old Valyusha. He was the spitting image of his father. But now that no longer mattered. Not long ago, Alena would have given anything for these words. Back then, when she sat […]
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Larisa pondered for a long time what to give her husband for his birthday. Unable to come up with anything, she decided to ask him directly. And he blurted out: «A gym membership.» «But you don’t even like sports,» she said, surprised. «I don’t need it! Buy it for yourself. You’ve really let yourself go. […]
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