I came from Syria four years ago.  When my husband died, I decided to leave my hometown. For me it´s very hard. I´m an architect and I didn´t find a job.  I have nothing, i have no job, I have nothing, this year was very hard. I don´t like to waste time so I finished courses for a caregiver and for pastry cook. I want to get a job. I really like making pastries, I want to work in that field. I know it´s hard to find a job for my degree.  I really love Croatia, I have peace here, people here are good and like to help. When I was in Syria, I thought I would live well for the rest of my life there. ---------- „From5To95“ is an art project which serves as a platform for women´s stories and experiences. Every woman represents a year in a woman´s life- from 5 to 95. #from5to95 #od5do95 Support us in our work by subscribing to the channel, it is very much appreciated. More on: https://www.od5do95.com https://www.facebook.com/Od5Do95/ https://twitter.com/Od5Do95

I think my mother didn´t get a chance to see the world in a wider perspective. She was raised completely different, in a village near Koprivnica. She came to the city and she told me, first of all she wanted to go to musical school. She couldn´t go, her older brother was given that chance. They barely let her go to Zagreb, to a geodetic high school. That was her next dream and she finished it but there was no money for college. She told me that while in high school she had exactly… she didn´t have money for a coffee or a sandwich. She ate only what was served in the home. No fun, just studying and that was all. She didn´t get the chance to have a group of friends and create opinions other than those she was imposed to have. So I don´t blame her for our differences because I had a beautiful chance to open myself to the world. ---------- „From5To95“ is an art project which serves as a platform for women´s stories and experiences. Every woman represents a year in a woman´s life- from 5 to 95. #from5to95 #od5do95 Support us in our work by subscribing to the channel, it is very much appreciated. More on: https://www.od5do95.com https://www.facebook.com/Od5Do95/ https://twitter.com/Od5Do95

The thing which was really hard was when I decided to go to public, to the media. Unlike those who thought I was pushing myself, being everywhere, that was a sacrifice for me. I´m not a celebrity, I haven´t sold more books. The only thing I got was hate speech and on the other hand appreciation. But it seemed since I was sure I can speak and articulate well that it´s important for that voice to be heard and I was ready to take that sacrifice. It was tough sometimes, there were days when I cried. When someone writes: it´s a pity that cancer didn´t eat you. That shocks you. But I am quite tough. ---------- „From5To95“ is an art project which serves as a platform for women´s stories and experiences. Every woman represents a year in a woman´s life- from 5 to 95. #from5to95 #od5do95 Support us in our work by subscribing to the channel, it is very much appreciated. More on: https://www.od5do95.com https://www.facebook.com/Od5Do95/ https://twitter.com/Od5Do95

There are pressures in every life period, finish school, finish college, now it´s time for a family. My situation is specific.I thought a lot about motherhood. I had some medical issues concerning that but also considering the condition I have since I was born, cerebral paralysis, that would so to speak, bring me more bad things than good. It sounds terrible, not that a child is not a good thing but that would take a toll on me, not only would it made it worse for my condition but I might not be able to take care of that child if I would even manage to give birth. I made my peace with that but that doesn´ t mean I won´t be a mother one day to some other child that comes into my life with someone or through adoption. My whole life is a bit different than the ones of the people I met. Although while growing up I realized that everyone´s life is different and that nobody has a life as portrayed in books or lives by the "rules". ---------- „From5To95“ is an art project which serves as a platform for women´s stories and experiences. Every woman represents a year in a woman´s life- from 5 to 95. #from5to95 #od5do95 Support us in our work by subscribing to the channel, it is very much appreciated. More on: https://www.od5do95.com https://www.facebook.com/Od5Do95/ https://twitter.com/Od5Do95

It took me a long time to realize it´s ok to be vulnerable and seek for help. The first thing I learned through that series of misfortunate events was that I don´t always have to have control. It´s not that I´m fine with that, that´s learning in progress of letting go but that was a lesson I needed to learn. ---------- „From5To95“ is an art project which serves as a platform for women´s stories and experiences. Every woman represents a year in a woman´s life- from 5 to 95. #from5to95 #od5do95 Support us in our work by subscribing to the channel, it is very much appreciated. More on: https://www.od5do95.com https://www.facebook.com/Od5Do95/ https://twitter.com/Od5Do95

There was one morning that changed me, when I realized that even though I was raised to be a woman and a mother, I don´t have to do any of it. And that I have the right to get divorced. If I´m not happy, it doesn´t mean I have to finish my life the way I started it. I thought it was a life for me and then it wasn´t anymore. ---------- „From5To95“ is an art project which serves as a platform for women´s stories and experiences. Every woman represents a year in a woman´s life- from 5 to 95. #from5to95 #od5do95 More on: https://www.od5do95.com https://www.facebook.com/Od5Do95/ https://twitter.com/Od5Do95 https://www.instagram.com/from5to95/?..

My mother was a beautiful person, we realized that in her last couple of years.In the last couple of days in the hospital she said for the first time with warmth, Vesna I love you. For the first time she was free. She was born in a family, mother, my grandmother was beautiful. Her father was the man. He was the only one earning, grandmother was doing everything, cooked, cleaned, worked outside.My mother wasn´t allowed to do what she wanted.She couldn´t read the newspaper, she did that secretly. Later she told me she admired me for saying no to some things. I told her, mum, if I didn´t, I wouldn´t be alive, I would´ve gone crazy. ---------- „From5To95“ is an art project which serves as a platform for women´s stories and experiences. Every woman represents a year in a woman´s life- from 5 to 95. #from5to95 #od5do95 More on: https://www.od5do95.com https://www.facebook.com/Od5Do95/ https://twitter.com/Od5Do95 https://www.instagram.com/from5to95/?..

I want to become a painter. Because my favourite character is Frida Kahlo. She was a painter and that´s how I grew fond of her. She was decisive, beautiful, had many animals which I also love. And she paints beautifully. ---------- „From5To95“ is an art project which serves as a platform for women´s stories and experiences. Every woman represents a year in a woman´s life- from 5 to 95. #from5to95 #od5do95 More on: https://www.od5do95.com https://www.facebook.com/Od5Do95/ https://twitter.com/Od5Do95 https://www.instagram.com/from5to95/?..

My grandmother showed love through control and expectations. I think she put in a lot of focus, expectations and care into my mother and my mother then, as with every generation, distanced herself from that but also copied it into me and my sister. She made some changes in that transgenerational moment but a lot stayed alike. One of the stories from my childhood was when I painted her in first grade, I painted her wearing pants. The teacher asked me to fix that so that mother can be in a dress. I said, my mother doesn´t wear dresses. And she doesn´t. Later in life I realized that story tells a lot about the male/female figure in life.  ---------- „From5To95“ is an art project which serves as a platform for women´s stories and experiences. Every woman represents a year in a woman´s life- from 5 to 95. #from5to95 #od5do95 More on: https://www.od5do95.com https://www.facebook.com/Od5Do95/ https://twitter.com/Od5Do95 https://www.instagram.com/from5to95/?...