After a brief summer break, our psychological therapy sessions resumed with profound purpose. Psychotherapist Anahit Lalayan guided participants through a meaningful closing ritual—one designed to honor the emotional journey of recreating Artsakh’s map.
The session began with heartfelt sharing. Each person reflected on what this collective act of stitching had meant to them—the memories, the grief, the quiet triumphs. Then, in a room wrapped in reverence, they put pen to paper. With trembling hands, they wrote down their deepest emotions: words of pain, longing, hope, and unshakable faith.
One of participants expressed a sentiment that echoed in every heart:
“I look at the map of Artsakh, and a thousand and one memories rise in my heart. What I feel cannot be expressed in words. In thought, in heart, in soul—I am there. I dream of my dream becoming reality, and of returning to my ancestral home. God willing.”
These handwritten messages—raw, honest, and brave—would later form the very backing of the textile map they had crafted together. In that hushed space, you could hear not only pens moving, but hearts healing.
It was a moment of sacred solidarity, one that will linger in the spirits of all who were present long after the session ended. Together, they attached these fragments of their souls to the map—stitching not just fabric, but memory; not just thread, but testimony.
See glimpses of this deeply moving session in the photo story below.
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