Zuzi Fort

A Heart-To-Heart with My Heart Zuzi Fort

Experience, life experience is the key! I have had plenty of that. Born in the Czech Republic, I have lived the highs as a daughter of a top TV personality. I have lived the lows as an asylum seeker in a refugee camp. I have experienced loss: the loss of my home, my family, my language and culture, my own self. I have had the joy of discovering them again on the other side of the world: Australia, a place where I truly belong. I have witnessed prejudice and charity. I have endured heartbreaking failure and savoured the delicious taste of success. I had hit bottom as a mental illness sufferer when my own body and mind betrayed me. I endured the sweet agony of birth. I have come close to death after delivering my first daughter. I had grown wings and touched the stars in a flight of pure ecstasy when I first hugged my daughters to my heart. It has not been an easy journey. I have truly gone through the Valley of Death. I have been to hell and back. It has nearly been a one-way ticket. However, I made it out. Thanks to my daughters. They are my life: two bright flames that light my path and keep the darkness at bay. They continue to be a source of great joy, never-ending worries and frustration, growing pride and satisfaction but above all, a bottomless fountain of laughter and love. Each day is a new adventure, a new lesson and an experience that moulds and defines me as an artist and as a human being. I am a mother first and foremost. And these are my two rays of sunshine, my life, my everything. They are the reason I breathe, and the only two beings who can always put a smile on my face. These pages hold within them my memories - good and bad. They are the scribbles of broken heart made whole again. I hope they may stimulate, entertain and offer hope for the future. Read them with care; they contain my heart and soul.