Trust your child

There is always a lot of work at home. Maybe not too much. But I always felt like I was owed something.

But, of course, I have never been touched by the texts and poems that I wrote. There were more poems then.

If my parents opened the door and saw me with an open notebook, they immediately said: "Are you writing? Write, write, write." They spoke in whispers, probably so as not to scare me away from my muse.

This gave my work great importance. Having received such honors, I could not help but make it my life's work.

Then my mother took me to the poet Larisa Rubalskaya." She said: "Look at our girl. For some reason she told me to go to her house. I don't remember what Larissa said, but it doesn't matter. It was important to have my mother's full support and her belief that I write wonderful poems.