Iryna painfully recalls the first days of the war – the confusion, fear, and desperate search for a safe place for her child, who, upon hearing the explosions, asked: “Mum, do I need to fall down?”. She remembers that sunny spring morning when the shooting stopped and her son asked: “Mum, is the war over?” – how she wanted to say “yes” then. But in the fourth year, the war came close. On the night of September 28, 2025, an enemy missile hit their residential complex. Iryna and her son were in the hallway – the shock wave blew out all the windows, but they survived. The next day, the boy went to school, and in the evening he decorated the plywood-covered windows with Ukrainian flags and “No to War” signs. Iryna says that it is this childlike optimism and belief in goodness that keeps her from giving up. Because this hope becomes a source of strength for adults too, helping them to hold on and believe that peace will surely come.