8. Erasmus + Wettbewerb „My Special Person – Our Story“: And the winner is….

Sind 2 Generationen und 50 Jahre Unterschied, obendrein 1772 km Entvernung zu groß um Freundschaften zu schließen?

A 22 year-old man from Turkey volunteering in Denmark reminded me of the character from a book I read years ago. His generosity and commitment and kindess made me feel more optimistic about the future of the European project.

Danke für eine Erahnung des Gefühls von Freiheit.

The way we insist on believing despite every scientific indication that anything in this life time is permanent. Change is constant. How we experience change, that is up to us. It can feel like death or it can feel like a second chance at life. If we open our fingers, loosen our grips, go with it. It can feel like pure adrenaline. Like at any moment, we can have another chance at life. Like at any moment we can be born all over again.

This is about my wonderful host mom who, at the young age of 21, became not only my HOST mom but my second mom, big sister and best friend. She has impacted my life more than anybody before and I am forever grateful that our paths have crossed and we got to make so many precious memories.

"My special person" plays a crucial role in my EVS year. He does not only represent the participants who visited „my“ project, he also helped me to identify my own identity and change the perspective of Czech-German relationships. His wisdom, vitality and a peaceful mind would be always inspiring for me. "My special person" is representing the whole generation of people who were born in a country which does not exist, in the region which refused its identity, and whose voice should be forgotten.

Here is my short story with my favourite person from my EVS-year. Its title is 'Little walk of life' because I think it gradually changed me and taught me a lot and I am very grateful to those who walked with me, especially to my favourite person, Conny!

Es war ein regnerischer Nachmittag. Etwas brachte E. dazu an einer dieser abgelegenen Bushaltestellen auszusteigen und sich in ein ehemaliges Arbeitslager zu begeben. Sie wollte die verlassene und lediglich mit Stacheldraht umzäunte Gedenkstätte einmal aus der Nähe betrachten.

He entered my life, made me love him, and never left me.

I couldn't know that one question can change my life.