Adil Koishibayev Path of the Healer. Returning to Yourself. Serving the World. A Story That Can Change Your Life

At first, I felt like the ugly duckling from Andersen’s tale.

But over time, everything changed. They accepted me warmly. I felt like a younger sister to the guys… and in Zhibek, I found an older friend. As a married woman, she shared things with me — little secrets, small feminine wisdom, things I had never been taught.

By the end of May, nearing June 1995, Bakha and I made a decision.

We were going to get married.

In June, my parents came to Karaganda to visit me. After dinner, we had a serious conversation.

“Mom, Dad… you know my birthday is coming soon.”

“If I’m not mistaken, you’ll be turning eighteen,” my father said.

“That’s right, Dad. I’ll be an adult.”

“Daughter…” my mother said quietly. “You’re not telling us something.”

“Well…” I cleared my throat. “I’m getting married.”

“Married?!” My father went pale. “Do we know him?”

My mother leaned over me like a hawk.

“Is he from Karaganda?”

“He’s not local,” I said, taking a sip of water.

“Go on,” she insisted.

“He’s from the south… from Taraz,” I said, barely breathing.

Silence fell over the room.

You could have heard a fly land on the table… sit on the beshbarmak… and rub its tiny legs together.

“Daughter… if this is a joke, it’s a very bad one.”

“Mom, I’m serious,” I said quickly, seizing the moment while they were still in shock. “His name is Bakha. He’s twenty-six. We met at the market.”

My words hit like an explosion.

Everything my mother had imagined about my future collapsed in an instant. The fact that he was from the south — a flash of blinding light. That he was eight years older — a shockwave. And the news that he worked at the market… felt like radioactive fallout.

There were arguments. Tears. Accusations.

But in the end… my parents understood how important this was to me.

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