My Mom

She is loving, kind, and beautiful.

My mom is the most important person in my life. The voice of reason, love and care in our family.
She is always by my side. She loves me no matter what and helps me learn and overcome stressful and difficult moments. She is patient and caring, always thinking deeply about my well-being and giving me the precious support I need so much.
My mom is also smart and artistic. She loves to read and learn new scientific things. She draws beautifully and dances like a real fairy.

My mom is a ‘Mother Heroine’ of Ukraine — an honorary title given to women who raise large families with love and dedication.

My Dad

He is strong and smart.

My dad is my defender and the head of our big family. He is firm, but also very kind and caring. He is the person I listen to the most, and I know he will always be there to protect me from danger and support me in everything I do.
My dad is very smart. He works with computers and programmers, and he loves everything related to technology.
I like to read and play with my dad. And in every active game, I feel that his strong hands are always there to hold me and keep me safe.

My Sister Mary

She is fun and gentle.

Mary is the oldest child in our family. She is very fun, kind, and caring. She plays with me when we have time, and I really enjoy being with her.
She is very artistic and loves animals. She has a dog — a chow-chow named Choco (like choco-pie, he-he-he 🙂).
Mary dreams about traveling the world and would love to live in different countries one day.

My Brother Ivan

He is smart and independent.

Ivan is my older brother. He is strong and confident, witty, and very independent, and also he has a great sence of humor. He loves technology and cars, and he is studying nanotechnology. He dreams of becoming an engineer and traveling the world.
Ivan helps my mom and dad a lot and is like a second dad for all the younger children. He is also very strong and practices martial arts.

My Brother Ilya

He is clever, calm, and decisive.

Ilya is my second older brother, and he is finishing high school now. He loves technology, chess, and English.
He is very clever — he became the chess champion of our town and also represented our town in the regional English Olympiad, where he took third place among hundreds of participants.
Ilya is studying IT and Python, and he dreams of becoming a software engineer.

My Sister Sophya

She is gentle, caring, and artistic.

Sophya loves art too, so we spend a lot of time together. She enjoys creating small, detailed drawings of fantasy creatures and animals. We often look at pictures of different animals and dinosaurs on the internet and draw them together. I also love listening when she reads to me.
Sophya plays chess as well, and she is a very good pupil — one of the best in her class. She is very smart.
She also helps our mom a lot with the housework.

My Brother Michael

He is cheerful, sporty, and full of energy.

Michael is my best friend when it comes to active games. We can run for hours, wrestle, and play hide-and-seek. He likes to carry me on his back and play “horse” — he-he-he 🙂. He can’t sit still or stay quiet even for a minute.
Michael is also very smart and is one of the best pupils in his class. He plays checkers very well and is the champion of our town. He is strong and practices Greco-Roman wrestling, and he recently won a silver medal at an open tournament in our town.

…And Me

With art and love in my heart.

I am learning a lot every day — learning how to speak, read, and write properly. I hope that one day I will be able to share all my dreams with my family and friends, travel the world, and achieve something truly remarkable.
My art and the love of my family help me so much. They create a safe, caring space where I can grow and learn, even with the challenges of Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Thank you for taking the time to read the story of my family and me. I hope it touched your heart.