A Poem to My Mom – School Years – Memoir
They say that success is 10% talent and 90% practice and encouragement, and my favorite teachers, Galya and Olga were well aware of that,...
Prologue for Vitaly Book – Awakening Memories Memoir
For a long time I wanted to start writing a book. I feel as the time has come and I should share what my...
Vitaly’s Art and Paintings
Some time ago I took some art class where I had to learn a few techniques on painting. I think that I was pretty...
Holidays (Christmas and New Year’s) Celebration in Ukraine
New year or Christmas holidays ... As people like to call them, have the same meaning: the Christmas holidays that everyone wants to celebrate...
Awakening Memories Book – Chapter “Love and Life”
Through my years I’ve been searching for love: love for music, that I found later by learning by myself how to play the piano;...
Awakening Memories Book – Chapter “Brother”
My real brother’s name is Ruslan. His last name is Mahidov. However, before he came to the US, the Ukrainian government spelled his name...
Awakening Memories Book – Chapter “Family”
Since I’ve always wanted to have my own family, my first teacher at the orphanage was trying to do all that was possible to...
Awakening Memories Book – Chapter “Making Money, A different Way”
I do regret one of the biggest nuisances I’ve ever made since, I’ve always was looking for the ways of how to make money,...
Awakening Memories Book – Chapter “Learning”
My life in the Orphanage continued. And the life didn’t seem like was going to change anything. Since we’ve lived in the communist times...
Awakening Memories Book – Chapter “Talents”
I have always liked to deal with everything related to the electricity, although I haven’t developed any electricity related talents, I had some talents...