February 24, 2022
Feb 24: The Day Russia Invaded Ukraine. The whole world was watching women and children running for the borders, tanks rolling into the small border towns, missiles being launched. It was Day One of The War, and she felt like history was repeating itself. In the early 1940's (roughly) her grandma (Elizabeth) grabbed her three kids (9 year old John, and 2 year old twins, Pete and Margaret) and ran, on foot, to escape the advancing Russian army who were invading her homeland: Ukraine. Elizabeth's husband had been taken from their home in the middle of the night and executed (along with all the rest of the men in their village) a few weeks earlier so she was alone, desperate to save her little family. The entire journey took almost a decade, mostly on foot, but eventually they made it to Canada. Her grandma's life was heavy on her mind all day. It was hard to concentrate at work; her thoughts were constantly overtaken with concern for the current Ukrainian moms while re...
