This Thanksgiving, I’m thankful to Ukrainians for showing us that you go to battle when hostile armies invade your borders, not for fanciful geopolitical strategies that change with every new government.
I’m grateful for the example of courage that ordinary Ukrainians are displaying every day and for their being a strong bulwark against totalitarianism.
The Ukrainian translators, writers, and editors I got to know for the four months of the U24 social-media partnership were the salt of the earth. I’m proud to know them. And I’m grateful to fellow editor Francesca Forrest for alerting me to the opportunity. I wrote about that experience here.
Today those Ukrainians and the native-English-speaking editors on our team stay in touch via Facebook, where we share the usual FB things — family photos, travel pictures, birthdays — plus news of Ukraine and ways to help.
To have a chance to use my skills to support the defense of these brave people was an unimaginable privilege. I am grateful.
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You bet! The little country that could. A shining example for the rest of us.
I like your analogy to the Little Engine That Could.
Blessings to them and to you. I am thankful for the beautiful Ukrainian art – a few years ago I bought embroidered t-shirts from the Ukraine. I hope the artists are well and peace comes soon to their country.
I hope so. I, too, sometimes wonder how the people in other countries who made my clothes are doing today.
Yes, I work on finding fair trade clothes I can afford, so I can be sure people are earning a living wage. Fair Indigo has good prices and durable clothes.
Great tip! And Patagonia has luscious towels that have cotton with no Uighur forces labor.