I was born into a very poor family, my parents were graduates, but at that time there was still communism in Hungary.
The average salary was about $ 10. When my mother got pregnant, my dad sold his car and bought a small apartment with that money.
The apartment was in the main square of the city, in the centum.
We lived on the third floor, there was no elevator. My parents took out a loan for the apartment, which they paid for and repaid for 30 years.
The apartment was 40 square meters with 1.5 rooms. That means I had a room that was my parents ’living room and bedroom. The other room was not even a room, it could be called a half-room. It has two beds and a desk. It was about 5 square meters. I grew up here with my sister. we only had one desk in this half-room.
So one of us wrote the lesson at the desk, the other in my parents ’room. The two rooms were not separated by a door. When we became teenagers, my dad made a sliding door. A normal door was not possible due to the size of the space. So it was a little nook for us. My sister is 15 months older than me. We had a very nice childhood. My parents tried to give us everything. I went to a German language school for my sister’s music department. We both learned to play an instrument. I played the violin, he played the flute.
Our parents wanted us to be famous musicians.
Their desire was to be a member of the Hungarian symphony orchestra. Unfortunately, this did not happen. Later we both went to the same high school. I studied in German, he studied in English.
We were very good students. We graduated successfully and with good results. Afterward, my sister went to university and studied pharmacy.
I also wanted to continue my studies, my entrance exam was very successful.
I scored 19 points out of a maximum of 20 points.
Even though I was an excellent student, only those who took the money envelope for the entrance exam were hired.
I applied for a foreign trade degree. My secret desire was to be able to work in the Ministry of Foreign Trade and travel around the world as an ambassador.
It became nothing.
So after graduating, I worked at the reception of the best 4-star hotel in town. I loved this job. I met a lot of famous people in this amazing workplace.
Prominent foreign and Hungarian people stayed at this hotel.
I was able to get to know them personally up close.
Then came the historic event, the vaš curtain disappeared and travel abroad, an we could finally to travel to capitalist countries.
I got a fantastic opportunity to work abroad.
Austria is 10 km from our city. So I managed to get a job in the nearest Austrian town as a bartender in a disco. I was very happy, I made a lot of money. For me, the most important thing was to support my parents and buy everything for them. I’m thinking here of the remote-controlled colored TV, the fridge, the car, and everything else they didn’t have.
I asked them to travel somewhere, to a place in the world that had been the desire of their entire lives.
But they didn't want to travel anywhere.
I still work in Austria to this day.
I bought an old house, which I renovated pretty slowly.
Unfortunately, my parents could no longer experience this, they both died of an illness in 2002 three months apart.
Then I felt like I was going to die too. I didn't want to live without them anymore. Our family was a happy, cohesive family.
For me, my parents were everything.
In this photo, my father was 18 years old!
And this photo was when he was a soldier.
My mom was my best friend, she was a beautiful woman.
I told her all my troubles, my sorrows, my joys.
When they died, I always wanted to call her on the phone, but I didn’t have a chance to call her anymore.
This is the last photo of my parents.
And here me and my mother.
I fell into a terrible, deep depression. To this day, I cannot recover from their deaths. But life goes on .....
I stayed here without them. I was left alone with my sister.
My sister is like me, she is like my mother to me. She is always worried about me and will help me with everything.
She is the best sister in the world.
I owe her a lot.
She helped with financial support during the epidemic.
I lost my job. Without her, I don't know what would have happened.
I am forever grateful to her and I love her very much.
I can work again since summer of last year and my life is back in the old wheel.
Thank you very much for reading my article!
Hungary, 18.01.2022 7:43 pm