Almost killed / Skoro pa ubijena

The more he loves you the harder he hits you…That is the sick logic of women that have been mentally abused for years ending up with a husband hitting them whenever he feels for it. There is a feeling of power involved. For men but also for their wives. In some wicked way the woman gets to feel power when the husband is hitting her.
These kind of stories are usually stories I read in newspapers, so imagine my surprise when I heard that a childhood friend  almost got beaten to death.
I wonder how many times her husband has been beating her up during all these years that they are together? Did he do it in front of the children? How did her family, a normal ordinary family, cope with it? What stopped her from leaving him? And so on…
I cannot imagine the fear she has towards him. How lost she must feel letting these things happen to her? Does she know that it is literally life threatening situation in cases like this?
Whom can you discuss these issues with? Do you call a friend and say “hi, can you help me with my husband because he is beating the hell out of me?”. What are you supposed to do as an outsider?
I read a little bit about it and all the things I read where so civilized. Too often ending up with a dead woman because the police could not do anything. Probably, statistically, that is the best procedure to handle this kind of psychos. But still I am suspect because my experience with people show that there is a sort of people that you cannot talk to. They just understand violence and listen to the stronger one. You simply do not have time to talk them to sense.
I just wish this whole story with my childhood friend ends up good…nasilje
Sto te vise voli, to te vise tuce…To je neka bolesna logika zena koje su godinama psihicki maltretirana da bi na kraju bile i fizicki maltretirane od strane muza. Kazu da je osjecaj moci upetljan. Za muzeve…ali i za zene. Na neki cudan nacin ona dobije osjecaj moci kad je muz tuce. Ove price su za mene price iz novina, tako da zamislite moje iznenadjenje kad sam cula da je moju jednu prijateljicu iz djetinstva covjek iztukao skoro do smrti.
Pitam se koliko je on nju puta tukao kroz ove sve godine koje je snjom? Da li je tukao pred djecom? Kako je njezina familija, jedna sasvim obicna normalna familija, reagovala na to? Zasto moja prijateljica nije ostavila svog muza? Itd.
Ne mogu da zamislim strah koji ima prema njemu. Koliko se mora izgubljena osjecati kad dopusta da joj se desavaju ove stvari? Zna li da se ovakvi slucajevi rade bukvalno o zivotu?
Skim mozes uopste ovakve stvari diskutovati? Nije bas da ces nazvati prijateljicu i reci joj ”slusaj, mozes li mi pomoci. Imam muza koji me tuce ko do mile volje? Sta uopste uraditi kad si outsajder?
Citala sam malo o ovoj temi, ali sva rjesenja su mi djelovala tako civilizovana. Precesto zavrse na tome da je covjek ubio zenu jer policija nije mogla nista uraditi. Mozda je ovaj civilizovani nacin najbolji i najsigurniji nacin. Medjutim ja licno vjerujem, zbog iskustva sa raznim vrstama ljudi, da ipak postoji jedna sorta ljudi sa kojima ne pomaze razgovarati. Oni jednostavno samo razumiju jacu silu.
Sve se nadam se da ce ovaj slucaj dobro proci i da ce se sve rijesiti…ali nisam bas sigurna…

Za zene u Bosni ima stranica na kojoj  mozete informacije dobiti kako i sta uraditi u slucaju nasilja kod kuce
http://www.16dana.ba/kako-i-gdje-zatraziti-pomoc/

Greetings from Pag / Pozdrav sa Paga

Last week of the vacation before Ada starts the kindergarten I decided to come back to Pag so that Ada could spend the week with her grandmother and cousin. Until know we have great luck with the weather and Ada loves to swim around so I feel this was a good decision. Greetings from Pag! 20160815_172111Zadnju sedmicu odmora prije nego sto Ada krene u vrtic smo odlucili provesti na Pagu sa Adinom i nanom rodicom. Imamo srece sa vremenom i uz to Ada obozava brckanje po moru tako da je ovo bila dobra odluka. Puno pozdrava sa Paga!

Siblings time / Vrijeme sa bratom i sestrom

These last ten days have been very intense and stressful. My grandmother died, my brother married, my father celebrated his 70th birthday and the funeral of my grandmother was today. On top of that I had a child that was really having a bad day and I think I am getting the cold. So I found it so really relaxing to take a walk with my sister and brother for the first time since we came to Balkan and just talk about things that one can discuss only with siblings. All this in one of the most beautiful places on earth.
IMG-20160812-WA0005Zadnjih deset dana su bili jako intenzivni. Majka (mamina mama) je umrla, brat se ozenio, tata je napunio punih 70. godina, a i dzenaza je danas bila. Na tom svemu mi je dijete bilo nervozno citav dan, a i mene izgleda prehlada sastavila. Tako da je bilo pravo opustajuci otici na setnju kroz Adice sa sestrom i bratom. I to prvi put otkad smo dosli na balkan da smo uspijeli odvojiti malo vremena da se samo nas troje sretnemo i diskutujemo stvari kako to samo mogu sestre i braca. I sve to na najljepsem mjestu na svijetu.IMG-20160812-WA0006_resized

Wedding / Svadba

Despite our loss of grandmother, we all decided to have the wedding of my brother and his fiance. It was also  the wish of our grandmother in case of her death not to cancel the wedding.
Wedding itself was wonderful as weddings always are. Although it was a little bit weird to see my brother to be the groom. At least he did well, I thought he will be much more nervous 😀
There were many beautiful moments but the highlights for me where
1. The photoshooting at the beutiful river Una (at River Doc in Ripac, close to Bihac) with the closest family. I didn´t even know there are so beautiful places in the world.

Odlucili smo, po zelji nase majke rahmetli, da u slucaju njezine smrti ipak  moj brat i njegova zarucnica odrze vjencanje onako kako je planirano. Svadba je  bila divna kao sto to svadbe (barem meni) budu. Jedino malo cudno meni je bilo gledati brata da se zeni. Ali moram reci da je bio dobar. Mislila sam da ce biti puno nervozniji 😀
Bilo je prelijepih momenata ali su meni vrhunski bili:
1. Slikanje na prelijepoj Uni (u River Doc u Ripcu, blizu Bihaca) sa najblizom familijom. Nisam ni znala da ima takve ljepote u Bosni.

2.The group “KUD Grmec” of youngsters dancing traditional Bosnian folklore. The guests joined the dance and Ada danced “kolo” for the first time in her life.20160806_220138_resized
2. Prvo Adino kolo! Grupa “K.U.D Grmec” sa mladima koji su tradicionalno bosansko kolo plesali pa kad su se gosti pridruzili Ada je naravno isto htjela plesati.

3.The “gypsy troubadours”  playing gypsy music.  I guess no one can get people to dance as they do. I also didn´t know they are living entirely of the tip the guests are giving.IMG-20160810-WA00183. Romski trubaduri. Niko ne moze dici raju na noge kao oni. Nisam znala da zive samo od baksisa.

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In loving memory / Ugasi se jedna svjetlost

I knew it was the last time we saw each other when I was at the hospital in Skövde. Her will for life was broken. I prefer to remember her the way she was. Always had a smile on her face despite the hard life she has lived. She was grateful for all the things she had. Especially for her grandchildren and the beauty of seing the grandchildrens children. I remember a couple of things she always said and after 50 years of marriage and 9 children I guess she knew what she talked about. 1.st never ever allow anyone to hurt or hit you and 2. Take care of your husband. The children will one day move out and live their own life and you will stay alone with your husband. Take care of him because he is the one thay will take care if you when you are alone. I asked her do you regret anything and she said no. Such peace it must be regretting nothing. Even if it hurts I feel relieved that your suffering is gone. As I said I prefer to remember good things. Here is one of my favorite pictures of us.selfieZnala sam da je to bio nas posljedni sastanak kad sam je posjetila u bolnici u Skövdeu. Volja za zivotom je u njoj bila slomljena. Ipak hocu da je se sjecam onakvu kakva je prije toga bila. Uprkos teskom zivotu uvijek je bila nasmijana. Pogotovo kad su joj unucad dolazila. I praunucad. Bila je zahvalna za sve dobre stvari u zivotu, a lose je nekako dobro prebrodila. Bila je i ponosna sto je svu svoju djecu iznijela na pravi put. Pitala sam je da li se kajala za nesto sto je uradila ili sto nije uradila. Odgovorila mi je da nije. Koji dusevni mir! Sjecam se najvise dvije stvari sto je uporno nama ponavljala. 1. Nikad, nikad ne dozvolite da vas neko fizicki ili psihicki maltretira i 2. Cuvajte muza jer ce on vas cuvati kad vam djeca odu iz kuce. Iako mi je zao i tesko isto tako osjecam olaksanje za majku jer se ne mora vise patiti. Kao sto sam rekla hocu da mi ostane u lijepom sjecanju. Ovo mi je jedna od omiljenih slika sa njom.

Life log / Zivotni dnevnik

One thing I love to do when I am on vacation is to dream about all the things I want to do, all the places I want to see, people I want to meet, things I want to experience and so on. I reflect about my life and the way I want to live it. I love to read positive energy giving books about mental health and today I read two things worth noting.

1. It is very helpful to write down your own goals and wishes that you have. Your goals in private life, your goals at work and so on separately from each other. Once you know exactly what you want you are yourself able to form your life the way you want and not the way someone else wants.

2. Every Sunday evening one should have a “meeting ” with itself. One should plan what things you want to do to get closer to your goal and make a specific list of the tasks.
Next Sunday at the “meeting with yourself” you will then have  black on white things you wanted to do, what you actually did and what you didn’t do. For the things you didn’t do you write “NOTHING”. You will then see what you have missed, and you will be able to find out what and why you have missed. Keeping a track of the things you do you will have a record and also get motivated to do things and to improve your well being.
If you have one “NOTHING” that would be fairly normal, 2-3 NOTHINGS you are probably drifting off and won´t be able to fulfill your goals unless you focus more at your task, and with more than 3 NOTHINGS you probably should re-analyze, re-think and re-plan your strategy to get back in the game.

Here are some examples of the different goals one can work more specific at. / Par prijedloga na ciljeve na kojima mozes specificno raditiKad sam na odmoru volim razmisljati o svom zivotu i svojim zeljama. Sta hocu da dozivim, koja nova mjesta da posjetim, koje ljude da sretnem, knjige da citam itd. Razmisljam o zivotu i kako bih ga voljela zivjeti. Volim citati pozitivne knjige koje daju novu energiju bas u toj oblasti. Danas sam procitala dvije interesantne stvari koje vjerujem, ako se tacno urade, mogu promijeniti ili usmjeriti nacin zivota u pozitivnom smjeru.

  1. Mnogo pomaze kad svoje zelje i ciljeve napises na papir. Ciljeve mozes podijeliti u razne oblasti zivota u privatnom zivotu, poslovnom, ekonomske ciljeve, zdravstvene itd. Kad znas tacno sta zelis onda mozes i da svoj zivot tako promijenis da tebi pase i da ga ti zivis onako kako hoces a ne onako kako ga neko drugi zeli.
  2. Svake nedjelje navecer treba imati “sastanak” sam sa sobom. Treba sam za sebe izplanirati stvari koje hoces uraditi da bi se priblizio svoj cilju i napraviti jednu specificnu listu zadataka koje trebas slijedece sedmice rijesiti.
    Slijedece nedjelje tako kad opet imas sastanak sa sobom imas crno na bijelo sta si htjela uraditi i sta si stvarno uradila i sta nisi uradila.
    Za stvari koje nisi uradila napises ”NISTA”. Vidis dobro sta si uradila i saznaces sta nisi uradila i zasto nisi uradila. Kad pises tako sve stvari koje radis imaces listu koja te motivise da jos vise uradis za svoje dobro.
    Ako imas jedno ”NISTA” to bi bilo prilicno normalno, 2-3 ”NISTA” vec indicira da se malo gubis i da tako neces ispuniti svoje ciljeve ako se ponovo ne fokusiras na svoje ciljeve i zadatke. Sa vise od 3 ”NISTA” trebala bi ponovo analizirati, razmisliti i planirati novu strategiju da bi se vratila nazad u igru.Champions-are-Made-Not-Born

Bad but great weather / Lose ali super vrijeme

Today, I woke up to a rather stormy weather. I thought I will get sad about missed opportunity of sunbathing but au contraire. It turned out I needed a day off the beach and a day connected to the internet. I had some bills to deal with and I felt I wanted to sit more intense and write down many things that are keeping rolling in my mind. My brain starts to spin at light speed sometimes and then writing or reading are the best things that cools my brain down. And with this view it ain´t too bad to just relax such a day 😀bad weatherDanas, sam se probudila uz prilicno nevrijeme. Mislila sam da ce mi biti malo krivo zbog profulane prilike za suncanje i kupanje ali upravo je bilo obratno. Ispalo je na kraju da mi je trebao dan “odmora” od plaze i dan kad imam dostup internetu. Imala sam par racuna za platiti i htjela sam malo intenzivnije se posvetiti i zapisati dosta stvari koje mi se trenutno vrte u glavi. Ponekad mi mozak krene trista na sat pa mi je jedini nacin da se smirim da pisem ili da citam. I sa ovakvim pogledom nije bas da mi je bilo lose 😀

City of Pag / Grad Pag

Yesterday we reached our next destination Pag. On the way we took the ferry tl the Island of Pag which was highly appreciated by Ada. First thing we did  when arriving to the city of Pag was to take a refreshing bath in the sea. That must be one of the greatest things one can do after a road trip a really hot summerday. (P.s isn’t Ensars hair just too wonderful?)20160731_170556Jucer smo stigli na nasu slijedecu destinaciju Pag. Isli smo trajektom sto se jako svidjelo Adi. Prvu stvar sto smo uradili kad smo stigli je bilo kupanje u moru. To mora biti jedna od najboljih stvari koju mozes uraditi nakon jednog duzeg puta po velikim vrucinama. (P.s zar nije friz od Ensara predobar ?)