"This is the process I see now with nearly everyone I speak with. Ukrainians who have been in Europe a few weeks already are trying to figure out where it will be better. "
I am struck by this. I thought about possible causes--although I am only an armchair quarterback here--and came up with all leading back to there is no place like home.
From your dispatches and descriptions, I also believe folks are experiencing PTSD. I cannot imagine how it might feel to be, in many cases, "half a family" with fathers, sons, and husbands/boyfriends (and daughters too) left back in Ukraine and not with the refugee families.
Ugh. No wonder they are seemingly skittish and undecided. Your patience is a blessing. Many thanks for doing what you do.
--christopher
p.s. I liked the line about the unvaxxed woman. Good for you.
"This is the process I see now with nearly everyone I speak with. Ukrainians who have been in Europe a few weeks already are trying to figure out where it will be better. "
I am struck by this. I thought about possible causes--although I am only an armchair quarterback here--and came up with all leading back to there is no place like home.
From your dispatches and descriptions, I also believe folks are experiencing PTSD. I cannot imagine how it might feel to be, in many cases, "half a family" with fathers, sons, and husbands/boyfriends (and daughters too) left back in Ukraine and not with the refugee families.
Ugh. No wonder they are seemingly skittish and undecided. Your patience is a blessing. Many thanks for doing what you do.
--christopher
p.s. I liked the line about the unvaxxed woman. Good for you.