Sweet home- ready to school…!!

About Us

Welcome to our little virtual corner! I’m a single mother raising my wonderful son, Ruben, who has grown into a remarkable teenager. For years, I was the sole breadwinner as a Krav Maga instructor, balancing the challenges of parenthood and work on my own.

When Ruben started kindergarten, I embarked on a new journey by studying healthcare management at Semmelweis University, specializing in health tourism management. After graduating, I began working in my field and experienced firsthand the tragic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic while serving as a healthcare manager in a state hospital.

As the pandemic subsided, I transitioned into private healthcare, where I currently work as a practice manager. Meanwhile, our family moved from a small town to Vác, a charming historic Danube riverside city near Budapest.

Here, we embrace the everyday moments and joys of life together. If you want to hear more stories about us, you’re warmly invited to visit the original Daysonpaper blog at S&Ru’s Diary on daysonpaper.blog.hu.

So I decided to try living for a year on an international stage and see if there are other mothers in similar shoes for whom this diary could be a support on the harder days—just as it has been a support for me when I was able to look beyond the difficulties and sincerely believe in my own strength.

Thank you for stopping by!

I never thought in my life that I would be hit by such an emotional tsunami, but as my last semester of university approaches, Ruben is starting first grade. It’s even hard for me to say “school” instead of “kindergarten,” and I can’t stop (more and more impatiently) correcting myself with “what do you mean, kindergartennnn???” ((:

Well, yes, one would think that starting school is a trauma for the child, but I have to say—and I think I can speak on behalf of mothers all over the world—that the kids can hardly wait for the novelty, and it’s the parents who are tearing their hair out with excitement during the final countdown. I, in particular, am sitting on pins and needles, trying to prevent the inevitable clumsiness, forgotten assignments, dates, and appointments that we were warned about a long time ago but have already slipped my mind, or how many and what kind of pencils to buy (if it’s too many, that’s no good, if it’s too few, that’s even worse, so we stocked up), whether he’ll learn the poem by the opening ceremony, will he feel like reciting it…??? (It turned out he actually starts the program, awesome!)

Uhh, so there’s plenty to worry about, but since I’m excited (I immediately start packing in these moments), maybe this will work in our favor. That’s how Ruben’s school room started to get organized, which, like every big job, began with chaos… After two days of cleaning, throwing things around, packing, and a lot of creativity, a great little study nook was born, which Ru (for now, hahah ((: ) really loves. Let me introduce you to the new face of our home: the ready-to-school kid’s room.