{"id":2848,"date":"2026-08-02T11:26:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T05:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chireveti.com\/?p=2848"},"modified":"2026-08-02T11:26:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T05:56:15","slug":"dziecinstwo-za-ktorym-nigdy-nie-sadzilismy-ze-bedziemy-tesknic-wspomnienia-z-dziecinstwa-w-polsce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chireveti.com\/pl\/the-childhood-we-never-thought-to-miss-childhood-memories-of-poland","title":{"rendered":"Dzieci\u0144stwo, za kt\u00f3rym nigdy nie t\u0119sknili\u015bmy \u2013 wspomnienia z dzieci\u0144stwa w Polsce"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-2848\" data-postid=\"2848\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-2848 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_ernn752 tb_first tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_mz6n753 first\">\n                    <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_oke2976 image-top   tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/chireveti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ChatGPT-Image-Jul-30-2026-03_06_22-PM.png\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-2867\" title=\"Nauka dostrzegania | Dzieci\u0144stwo, za kt\u00f3rym nigdy nie t\u0119sknili\u015bmy\" alt=\"W latach 80. w Polsce dzieci zgromadzi\u0142y si\u0119 wok\u00f3\u0142 swojej wychowawczyni przedszkolnej podczas spaceru po parku, poznaj\u0105c li\u015bcie i \u015bwiat przyrody \u2013 tak opisano to w literackiej autobiografii \u201eDzieci\u0144stwo, za kt\u00f3rym nigdy nie t\u0119sknili\u015bmy\u201d\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chireveti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ChatGPT-Image-Jul-30-2026-03_06_22-PM.png 1536w, https:\/\/chireveti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ChatGPT-Image-Jul-30-2026-03_06_22-PM-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/chireveti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ChatGPT-Image-Jul-30-2026-03_06_22-PM-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/chireveti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ChatGPT-Image-Jul-30-2026-03_06_22-PM-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/chireveti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ChatGPT-Image-Jul-30-2026-03_06_22-PM-18x12.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/>    \n        <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n        <\/div>\n<!-- \/module image -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_mmm4253 tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_5gwq253 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_v3v8383\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    <h3 class=\"module-title\">Nauka dostrzegania<\/h3>    <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h3 class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-section-id=\"hspbv2\" data-start=\"166\" data-end=\"185\"><em>Zanim zaczniesz czyta\u0107<\/em><\/h3><p data-start=\"187\" data-end=\"241\"><em>Witamy na stronie <strong data-start=\"198\" data-end=\"240\">Dzieci\u0144stwo, za kt\u00f3rym nigdy nie s\u0105dzili\u015bmy, \u017ce b\u0119dziemy t\u0119skni\u0107<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p><p class=\"\" data-start=\"243\" data-end=\"630\"><em>Je\u015bli po raz pierwszy si\u0119gasz po t\u0119 autobiografi\u0119, zapraszam Ci\u0119 do rozpocz\u0119cia od <a href=\"https:\/\/chireveti.com\/pl\/dziecinstwo-za-ktorym-nigdy-nie-sadzilismy-ze-bedziemy-tesknic\/\"><strong data-start=\"319\" data-end=\"329\">Cz\u0119\u015b\u0107 1<\/strong>,<\/a> gdzie zaczyna si\u0119 ta podr\u00f3\u017c przez dzieci\u0144stwo w Polsce. Je\u015bli w\u0142a\u015bnie sko\u0144czy\u0142e\u015b<a href=\"https:\/\/chireveti.com\/pl\/dziecinstwo-za-ktorym-nigdy-nie-sadzilismy-ze-bedziemy-tesknic-2\/\"> <strong data-start=\"410\" data-end=\"456\">Cz\u0119\u015b\u0107 \u2013 Kr\u00f3lestwo za schodami<\/strong><\/a>, w tym rozdziale historia toczy si\u0119 dalej, a te dobrze znane przygody prowadz\u0105 do nieoczekiwanych wniosk\u00f3w.\u00a0<\/em><\/p><p data-start=\"632\" data-end=\"735\"><em><strong data-start=\"632\" data-end=\"735\">Wr\u00f3\u0107my teraz do parku, gdzie czeka\u0142y na odkrycie jedne z najcichszych lekcji \u017cycia.<\/strong><\/em><\/p><p>Nasz park nie by\u0142 tylko miejscem, gdzie si\u0119 bawili\u015bmy. W jaki\u015b spos\u00f3b, zanim ktokolwiek z nas to zauwa\u017cy\u0142, po cichu sta\u0142 si\u0119 kolejn\u0105 sal\u0105 lekcyjn\u0105, cho\u0107 nikt nigdy tak go nie nazywa\u0142. Od czasu do czasu nasze przedszkolanki zbiera\u0142y nas razem, zapina\u0142y nam ostatnie guziki w p\u0142aszczach, liczy\u0142y nas kilkakrotnie, aby upewni\u0107 si\u0119, \u017ce nikt w tajemniczy spos\u00f3b nie znikn\u0105\u0142, i prowadzi\u0142y nas znanymi ulicami w kierunku parku. To podekscytowanie zupe\u0142nie r\u00f3\u017cni\u0142o si\u0119 od tego, jakie odczuwali\u015bmy, id\u0105c tam po szkole z przyjaci\u00f3\u0142mi. Wtedy park nale\u017ca\u0142 do nas. Teraz nale\u017ca\u0142 do odkry\u0107.<\/p><p>Nie pami\u0119tam ani jednej lekcji, kt\u00f3ra zaczyna\u0142aby si\u0119 od s\u0142\u00f3w: \u201cDzisiaj nauczymy si\u0119\u2026\u201d. Zamiast tego kt\u00f3ry\u015b z nauczycieli po prostu kl\u0119ka\u0142 obok drzewa, podnosi\u0142 li\u015b\u0107 i przyk\u0142ada\u0142 go do promieni s\u0142o\u0144ca prze\u015bwituj\u0105cych przez ga\u0142\u0119zie nad nami.<\/p><p>\u201cPrzyjrzyj si\u0119 uwa\u017cnie.\u201d<\/p><p>Dzieci s\u0105 niezwykle pos\u0142uszne, gdy w gr\u0119 wchodzi ciekawo\u015b\u0107.<\/p><p>Zgromadzili\u015bmy si\u0119 tak blisko, \u017ce nasze ma\u0142e ramiona niemal si\u0119 styka\u0142y, wpatruj\u0105c si\u0119 w co\u015b, obok czego prawdopodobnie przechodzili\u015bmy setki razy, nie dostrzegaj\u0105c tego naprawd\u0119. Nagle li\u015b\u0107 nie by\u0142 ju\u017c tylko zielony. Drobne \u017cy\u0142ki rozchodzi\u0142y si\u0119 po nim niczym drogi docieraj\u0105ce do ka\u017cdego zak\u0105tka, a ka\u017cda z nich nios\u0142a \u017cycie, kt\u00f3re by\u0142o niewidoczne, dop\u00f3ki kto\u015b nie pokaza\u0142 nam, gdzie nale\u017cy patrze\u0107. Delikatnie \u015bledzili\u015bmy je palcami, uwa\u017caj\u0105c, by ich nie rozerwa\u0107, i s\u0142uchali\u015bmy, jak nasza nauczycielka wyja\u015bnia\u0142a, \u017ce li\u015bcie s\u0105 kuchni\u0105 drzewa, cicho wytwarzaj\u0105c\u0105 po\u017cywienie ze s\u0142o\u0144ca, powietrza i wody. Nigdy nie u\u017cywa\u0142a skomplikowanych s\u0142\u00f3w, kt\u00f3re pasowa\u0142yby do podr\u0119cznik\u00f3w przyrodniczych. M\u00f3wi\u0142a naszym j\u0119zykiem, zamieniaj\u0105c co\u015b niezwyk\u0142ego w co\u015b, co dziecko mog\u0142o naprawd\u0119 zrozumie\u0107.<\/p><p>Od tamtej pory ka\u017cdy spacer zamienia\u0142 si\u0119 w poszukiwanie skarb\u00f3w. Szuka\u0142y\u015bmy pod kasztanowcami b\u0142yszcz\u0105cych br\u0105zowych kasztan\u00f3w, wci\u0105\u017c ukrytych w kolczastych zielonych \u0142upinach, nape\u0142nia\u0142y\u015bmy nasze ma\u0142e kieszonki \u017co\u0142\u0119dziami, zbiera\u0142y\u015bmy niezwyk\u0142e ga\u0142\u0105zki, li\u015bcie o ka\u017cdym mo\u017cliwym kszta\u0142cie i kolorze, a potem z dum\u0105 nios\u0142y\u015bmy nasze skarby z powrotem do przedszkola, jakby\u015bmy wr\u00f3ci\u0142y z wyprawy do jakiej\u015b odleg\u0142ej krainy. Nikt nie przejmowa\u0142 si\u0119 tym, \u017ce nasze kieszonki by\u0142y zab\u0142ocone, a rajstopy pokryte plamami z trawy. To po prostu oznacza\u0142o, \u017ce byli\u015bmy zaj\u0119ci odkrywaniem \u015bwiata.<\/p><p>W klasie te zwyczajne, ma\u0142e dary natury w jaki\u015b spos\u00f3b zamienia\u0142y si\u0119 w zwierz\u0119ta, ludzi i wyimaginowane stworzenia. Kasztany wyros\u0142y na malutkie n\u00f3\u017cki z zapa\u0142ek, \u017co\u0142\u0119dzie zamieni\u0142y si\u0119 w zabawne czapeczki, kolorowe li\u015bcie przekszta\u0142ci\u0142y si\u0119 w motyle i lasy, a krzywe ga\u0142\u0105zki, nad kt\u00f3rymi doros\u0142y prawdopodobnie przeszed\u0142by oboj\u0119tnie, nagle sta\u0142y si\u0119 rogami, r\u0119kami lub magicznymi r\u00f3\u017cd\u017ckami \u2013 w zale\u017cno\u015bci od tego, dok\u0105d tego dnia zaprowadzi\u0142a wyobra\u017ani\u0119 dziecka. Patrz\u0105c na to z perspektywy czasu, zdaj\u0119 sobie spraw\u0119, \u017ce nasi nauczyciele nigdy nie pr\u00f3bowali nam m\u00f3wi\u0107, czym co\u015b powinno si\u0119 sta\u0107. Po prostu k\u0142adli nasze znaleziska na stole i ufali, \u017ce wyobra\u017ania zajmie si\u0119 reszt\u0105. Rozumieli co\u015b, o czym wielu doros\u0142ych zapomina \u2013 \u017ce dzieci rzadko potrzebuj\u0105 rozrywki; potrzebuj\u0105 jedynie przestrzeni.<\/p><p>Nawet pogoda nie by\u0142a traktowana jak wr\u00f3g.<\/p><p>Je\u015bli pada\u0142o, nie zamykali\u015bmy si\u0119 od razu w domu, wpatruj\u0105c si\u0119 smutno przez zaparowane szyby. O ile nie grzmia\u0142o ani nie wia\u0142 silny wiatr, po prostu zak\u0142adali\u015bmy kalosze, zapinali\u015bmy p\u0142aszcze przeciwdeszczowe i i tak wychodzili\u015bmy na zewn\u0105trz. Dla nas deszcz nie by\u0142 z\u0142\u0105 pogod\u0105. To by\u0142a po prostu inna pogoda. Ka\u0142u\u017ce stawa\u0142y si\u0119 nieodpartymi zaproszeniami, a ka\u017cde plusni\u0119cie by\u0142o jako\u015b wi\u0119ksze od poprzedniego, mimo ci\u0105g\u0142ych przypomnie\u0144, \u017ceby \u201cby\u0107 ostro\u017cnym\u201d, i wkr\u00f3tce nogawki naszych wodoodpornych spodni zdobi\u0142y b\u0142otniste plamki, kt\u00f3re z dum\u0105 \u015bwiadczy\u0142y o tym, jak \u015bwietnie si\u0119 bawili\u015bmy.<\/p><p>Te deszczowe spacery sprawi\u0142y, \u017ce wszystko zwolni\u0142o. Zauwa\u017cyli\u015bmy rzeczy, kt\u00f3re s\u0142o\u0144ce cz\u0119sto przed nami ukrywa\u0142o. Na \u015bcie\u017ckach pojawia\u0142y si\u0119 d\u017cd\u017cownice, jakby postanowi\u0142y do\u0142\u0105czy\u0107 do naszej przygody, \u015blimaki cierpliwie przenosi\u0142y swoje male\u0144kie domki po mokrych li\u015bciach, krople deszczu przylega\u0142y do \u017ad\u017abe\u0142 trawy niczym ma\u0142e szklane koraliki, a ten zapach\u2026 Wci\u0105\u017c pami\u0119tam ten zapach. Mokra ziemia wype\u0142nia p\u0142uca w spos\u00f3b, kt\u00f3rego \u017cadne perfumy nigdy nie zdo\u0142a\u0142y na\u015bladowa\u0107. Nawet teraz, po pierwszych porz\u0105dnych opadach deszczu po upalnym letnim dniu, nie stoj\u0119 ju\u017c po prostu tam, gdzie akurat si\u0119 znajduj\u0119. Przez ulotn\u0105 chwil\u0119 zn\u00f3w jestem t\u0105 ma\u0142\u0105 dziewczynk\u0105, ubran\u0105 w zbyt du\u017ce kalosze, obserwuj\u0105c\u0105 \u015blimaka, kt\u00f3ry pokonywa\u0142 co\u015b, co wydawa\u0142o si\u0119 najd\u0142u\u017csz\u0105 podr\u00f3\u017c\u0105 na \u015bwiecie, i zastanawiaj\u0105c\u0105 si\u0119, czy kiedykolwiek m\u0119czy\u0142o go noszenie swojego domku wsz\u0119dzie, gdzie si\u0119 udawa\u0142.<\/p><p>Nauczyli\u015bmy si\u0119 rozpoznawa\u0107 drzewa na d\u0142ugo przed tym, zanim ktokolwiek oczekiwa\u0142 od nas, \u017ce zapami\u0119tamy ich nazwy. Wiedzieli\u015bmy, \u017ce li\u015bcie kasztanowca r\u00f3\u017cni\u0105 si\u0119 od li\u015bci klonu, \u017ce li\u015bcie d\u0119bu w og\u00f3le nie przypominaj\u0105 li\u015bci brzozy oraz \u017ce ka\u017cda pora roku po cichu zmienia\u0142a park, nie pytaj\u0105c nikogo o zgod\u0119. Jesie\u0144 malowa\u0142a wszystko na z\u0142oto, mied\u017a i g\u0142\u0119bok\u0105 czerwie\u0144, po czym rozrzuca\u0142a te kolory po \u015bcie\u017ckach pod naszymi stopami. Wiosna nadej\u015b\u0107 tak delikatnie, \u017ce pewnego dnia nagle zdali\u015bmy sobie spraw\u0119, \u017ce nagie ga\u0142\u0119zie zn\u00f3w sta\u0142y si\u0119 zielone. Nic z tego nie wydawa\u0142o si\u0119 nauk\u0105. My\u015bleli\u015bmy, \u017ce po prostu chodzimy na spacery.<\/p><p>Wiele lat p\u00f3\u017aniej, kiedy wci\u0105\u017c potrafi\u0142em rozpozna\u0107 wiele z tych drzew bez zagl\u0105dania do ksi\u0105\u017cki, zda\u0142em sobie spraw\u0119, \u017ce te spokojne popo\u0142udnia pozostawi\u0142y mi co\u015b o wiele cenniejszego ni\u017c same fakty.<\/p><p>Nauczyli mnie dostrzega\u0107.<\/p><p>By\u0142a jeszcze jedna lekcja, kt\u00f3r\u0105 przyswoili\u015bmy sobie r\u00f3wnie naturalnie, cho\u0107 nikt nigdy nie stan\u0105\u0142 z przodu klasy, by nam j\u0105 wyja\u015bni\u0107. Szacunek po prostu by\u0142 w\u015br\u00f3d nas. Ka\u017cdego ranka, gdy nasza nauczycielka wchodzi\u0142a do klasy, wstali\u015bmy niemal bez zastanowienia. Witali\u015bmy j\u0105 wszyscy razem \u2013 nie dlatego, \u017ce bali\u015bmy si\u0119 tego, co by si\u0119 sta\u0142o, gdyby\u015bmy o tym zapomnieli, ale po prostu dlatego, \u017ce tak w\u0142a\u015bnie robi\u0142y dzieci. W zamian ona wita\u0142a ka\u017cdego z nas serdecznie, cierpliwie wys\u0142uchiwa\u0142a naszych nieko\u0144cz\u0105cych si\u0119 opowie\u015bci, kt\u00f3re zazwyczaj zbacza\u0142y daleko od pierwotnego tematu, zawi\u0105zywa\u0142a sznurowad\u0142a, ociera\u0142a \u0142zy, kt\u00f3re wtedy wydawa\u0142y si\u0119 ogromne, i jako\u015b zawsze znajdowa\u0142a czas, by odpowiedzie\u0107 na jeszcze jedno pytanie, nawet je\u015bli tego ranka odpowiedzia\u0142a ju\u017c prawdopodobnie na dwadzie\u015bcia. Nigdy nie wymagano od nas szacunku. Przep\u0142ywa\u0142 on po cichu w obie strony i w\u0142a\u015bnie dlatego nikt z nas tego nie kwestionowa\u0142.<\/p><p><strong>Ci\u0105g dalszy nast\u0105pi\u2026<\/strong><\/p><p data-start=\"632\" data-end=\"735\">\u00a0<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nasz park sta\u0142 si\u0119 czym\u015b wi\u0119cej ni\u017c tylko placem zabaw \u2014 sta\u0142 si\u0119 sal\u0105 lekcyjn\u0105 bez \u015bcian. 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If you've just finished<a href=\"https:\/\/chireveti.com\/the-childhood-we-never-thought-to-miss-2\"> <strong data-start=\"410\" data-end=\"456\">Part \u2013 The Kingdom Beyond the Staircase<\/strong><\/a>, this chapter continues as those familiar adventures lead to unexpected lessons.\u00a0<\/em><\/p><p data-start=\"632\" data-end=\"735\"><em><strong data-start=\"632\" data-end=\"735\">Now, let's return to the park, where some of life's quietest lessons were waiting to be discovered.<\/strong><\/em><\/p><p>Our park wasn't just a place where we played. Somehow, without any of us noticing, it quietly became another classroom, although nobody ever called it that. Every so often our kindergarten teachers would gather us together, button up the last few coats, count us more than once to make sure nobody had mysteriously disappeared, and lead us through the familiar streets towards the park. The excitement was completely different from the excitement of going there after school with friends. Then it was ours. Now it belonged to discovery.<\/p><p>I don't remember a single lesson beginning with, \"Today we are going to learn...\" Instead, one of the teachers would simply kneel beside a tree, pick up a leaf and hold it against the sunlight filtering through the branches above us.<\/p><p>\"Look closely.\"<\/p><p>Children are wonderfully obedient when curiosity is involved.<\/p><p>We crowded around until little shoulders almost touched, staring at something we had probably walked past hundreds of times without ever really seeing it. Suddenly the leaf wasn't just green anymore. Tiny veins spread through it like roads reaching every corner, each one carrying life that was invisible until someone showed us where to look. We traced them gently with our fingers, careful not to tear them, and listened as our teacher explained that leaves were the tree's kitchen, quietly making food with sunshine, air and water. She never used complicated words that belonged in science books. She spoke our language, turning something extraordinary into something a child could actually understand.<\/p><p>From then on every walk became a treasure hunt. We searched beneath the chestnut trees for shiny brown chestnuts still hiding inside their prickly green shells, filled our little pockets with acorns, gathered unusual twigs, collected leaves in every imaginable shape and color, and proudly carried our treasures back to kindergarten as though we had returned from an expedition to some distant land. Nobody worried if our pockets became muddy or our tights ended up covered in grass stains. That simply meant we had been busy discovering the world.<\/p><p>Back in the classroom those ordinary little gifts from nature somehow became animals, people and imaginary creatures. Chestnuts grew tiny legs made from matchsticks, acorns became funny little hats, colorful leaves transformed into butterflies and forests, while crooked twigs that an adult would probably have stepped over without noticing suddenly became antlers, arms or magical wands, depending on where a child's imagination decided to wander that day. Looking back now, I realize our teachers never tried to tell us what something should become. They simply placed our collections on the table and trusted imagination to do the rest. They understood something many adults forget\u2014that children rarely need entertaining; they only need space.<\/p><p>Even the weather wasn't treated as an enemy.<\/p><p>If it rained, we didn't automatically stay indoors staring sadly through steamed-up windows. Unless there was thunder or strong winds, we simply put on our wellington boots, zipped up our raincoats and went outside anyway. To us, rain wasn't bad weather. It was just different weather. Puddles became irresistible invitations, every splash somehow bigger than the last despite repeated reminders to \"be careful,\" and before long the bottoms of our waterproof trousers were decorated with muddy freckles that proudly announced exactly how much fun we had been having.<\/p><p>Those rainy walks slowed everything down. We noticed things sunshine often hid from us. Earthworms appeared on the paths as though they had decided to join our adventure, snails carried their tiny homes patiently across wet leaves, raindrops clung to blades of grass like little glass beads, and the smell... I can still remember that smell. Wet earth has a way of filling your lungs that no perfume has ever managed to imitate. Even now, after the first proper rainfall following a hot summer day, I am no longer standing wherever I happen to be. For a fleeting moment, I am that little girl again, wearing oversized wellington boots, watching a snail make what seemed like the longest journey in the world while wondering whether it ever grew tired of carrying its house everywhere it went.<\/p><p>We learned to recognise trees long before anyone expected us to remember their names. We knew that chestnut leaves looked different from maple leaves, that oak leaves looked nothing like birch leaves, and that every season quietly changed the park without ever asking anyone's permission. Autumn painted everything gold, copper and deep red before scattering it across the paths beneath our feet. Spring arrived so gently that one day we suddenly realized the bare branches were green again. None of this felt like learning. We thought we were simply going for walks.<\/p><p>Years later, when I could still recognize many of those trees without opening a book, I realized those gentle afternoons had left me with something far more valuable than facts.<\/p><p>They had taught me to notice.<\/p><p>There was another lesson we absorbed just as naturally, although nobody ever stood at the front of the room to explain it. Respect simply lived among us. Every morning, when our teacher entered the classroom, we stood up almost without thinking. We greeted her together, not because we were afraid of what would happen if we forgot, but because that was simply what children did. In return she greeted every one of us with warmth, listened patiently to our endless stories that usually wandered far away from the original point, tied shoelaces, wiped away tears that seemed enormous at the time and somehow always found time to answer one more question, even when she had probably answered twenty already that morning. Respect was never demanded. It quietly travelled in both directions, and because of that, none of us questioned it.<\/p><p><strong>To be continued...<\/strong><\/p><p data-start=\"632\" data-end=\"735\">\u00a0<\/p>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chireveti.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chireveti.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chireveti.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chireveti.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chireveti.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2848"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/chireveti.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2848\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2920,"href":"https:\/\/chireveti.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2848\/revisions\/2920"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chireveti.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chireveti.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chireveti.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chireveti.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}