Hi. I am Anna. Welcome to this little blog. Welcome to my world.

This is the first time and it feels so weird posting about myself, but I want you to know little bit about me. I want you to know, that dreams come true and you can always find a way to be there, where you want to be.

I was born in Russia, grew up in Georgia, but found my home in New York.

My happy life starts here. My life is divided in two parts: before and after.

When I decided to escape from my old life and from my country, I moved to New York City. I did not know who I wanted to be. I just wanted to change my whole life. Be happy.

I had to leave my seven years old daughter, in order to build a new life. I also had to leave the man I loved more than my life. I was so desperate and alone here…

I had to struggle to get documents, to bring my little girl.

I had to forget the man I loved, but when I was fighting not to love, I was falling more and more.

In two years, I could bring my girl to the United States. I was the happiest, but still in love and hopeless. I realized that to love somebody in real life is more painful, but at the same time more beautiful, than in the romances. Love in real world is much stronger and deeper. None of the books or movies can make me cry after what I went through. Everything seems to be so cold and deep-less there.

My girl was my happy ticket. After she moved to NYC, soon I could open the door for my loved one, who came from the other side of the ocean and was standing at the door with two bouquets of beautiful flowers, one for me and one for my daughter. True love stories have happy ends.

We got married, with tears and fear. Nobody was happy, just two of us.

My second daughter was born after nine months. I was waking up with fear, I was anxious that happiness will end one day. I could not believe universe could send me everything I dreamt about when I was little. I still remember the notes I was making when I was ten, I was writing down everything I wanted to have and do in my life. But my first husband stopped me to fulfill my dreams. Only one thing I could do, but with fighting, was to graduate and get my master’s in Public Relations.

It is story of another blog or may be book. May be later, I will write one, so my kids can understand what is to live with and without love, and what I went through to be happy. But not here. Here you will have posts from brand new, strong Anna, dived into the marketing world.

It has been ten years since I am free, but I’m thanking universe every single morning to give me a strength to change my life. I’m so grateful that god, or whoever is there, sent me huge love, a great partner, a big supporter and a real friend. I love our painful love story, our tears and happy days. If I needed to go through all this to get what I have now, I would. I would hundred times.

Now I have everything I wanted in my life, just two more things from little Anna’s notes has to be done: having a boy and get masters in Marketing.

I’m in the middle! I’m studying marketing and I’m expecting boy!

I’m a happy girl. I wake up and I’m grateful every morning that sun is shining, that love of my life is sleeping next to me, that my girls are healthy and happy. That I’m trying to fit in graduate student’s schedule, cuddling, cooking and cleaning. It’s not easy, its tiring but that’s what is I wanted.

All insecurities are behind. I’m strong.

I know I will be a great marketer and better mom!