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emma murf's avatar

Beautifully written and beautifully lived!

Timour Kosters's avatar

thank you, Emma ❤️

Telamon Ardavanis's avatar

Such a beautiful piece! Made me emotional!

"It is hard to see something personal in a piece of legislation", is such a great framing.

Timour Kosters's avatar

Appreciate it, Tela!

Michel Bauwens's avatar

Nice sharing of your life's experience, dear Timour!

Timour Kosters's avatar

Thank you, Michel!

Jules Yim | 芊文's avatar

What a story! So unique to you, yet so universal for diaspora/immigrants. Thank you for sharing.

Timour Kosters's avatar

Thank you, Jules!

Roman Kiselev's avatar

Wow Timour, what a story! I would have never guessed you're originally from Siberia. What part of it? I'm from Tomsk. Your post made me remember the whirlpool of emotions I also felt when I was leaving Russia and moving out into the unknown for the first time in my life.

Timour Kosters's avatar

Ah cool, I'm from a town closer to Khabarovsk, so quite a bit further east.

But yeah, so interesting to remember those feelings.

tiny's avatar

beautiful :''') so nice to get to know your story a bit better. what a life!

Timour Kosters's avatar

Thank you, Tiny!

Mariella Torres's avatar

A glimpse into your path. This piece stopped me in my tracks. Thank you for sharing 💛