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/?...

My mother is a beautiful person. I love her. She is warm, simple, human rights defender, she was a union representative. When we were writing a test in school, next to the Government, we heard the noise and ran to the windows. I saw my mother waving a flag in the front row. And she succeeded. We are alike in that. The difference is that I am anxious, for her everything is simple. And I am more complicated and talk more. And the fact that I managed to break the chain: be silent and suffer. She inherited it from her mother and it goes way back. I was supposed to get it but when I was a little girl I came into the kitchen one day and said: When I grow up I won´t be the same as you. My daughters are even worse, they already raise their heads and fight for their rights. ---------- „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/?...

Happiness is when you reach the capacity to live through every moment completely, either happy one or an unhappy. That is happiness. When you are able to embrace the hard moments as completely and fully as the happy and easy ones. To embrace the hard times, live through them, to know that it´s tough but to feel it completely. To accept it even though naturally I would fight that. But I will experience that difficulty fully. When you reach that, that´s what I´m trying to do, then you can say you are happy. ---------- „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/?...

Women in Croatia are in catastrophical position. I don´t only see it on my college but on the street. I am sorry that women who could make a change don´t. I was on a lecture on feminism. There was talk about the quota system. For me it´s not important if we have 50% of women in the parliament. But for them to fight. If it´s an all women´s parliament and they don´t fight for their own right, makes no sense. ---------- „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://twitter.com/Od5Do95 https://www.instagram.com/from5to95/?..