My wartime Diary. To live despite war.

in #mywartimediary2 years ago

Today is Orthodox Easter. I wish I could spend it with my family, in my hometown. But this is not the best time to travel, for several reasons. I have 3 days off, and the prospect of spending them at home alone upset me a lot. So I called my volunteers to offer any help. Suddenly, they invited me to spend Easter with them in a very nice place. Could I resist?

Saturday was spent trying to buy food for picnic. Due to the problems that occurred in the largest local bank, it was possible to pay only in cash, which I had little. So I spent a long time looking for a supermarket with working POS-terminals or a working ATM.

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When I came home, Nick called and said he can spend Sunday at home. This was a most wonderful news, to spend Easter with him and our friends, outdoors.

After an endless season of cold, clouds and rains, spring has finally showed up. I couldn't sleep in the night, which isn't a surprise for me anymore, but I was looking forward to a good day. The weather was just perfect. I noticed a tree is blooming in our yard and was surprised why I didn't see it earlier.

A true early spring weather. Hot in the sun, and cold in shadow.

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Traditional Ukrainian Easter bread, and eggs. This is a must-have minimum. Obviously, there were A LOT of other delicious meal - salads, grilled vegetables, meat and potato. Honestly, outdoors and in the company of friends, even simple food is very tasty.

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Nat sent me a lot of pictures of her Easter today. It was so sweet that they made pictures and videos especially for me 💗 It all reminded me those days when I spend Easter with them every year...

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Someone grabbed this magic mattress with styrofoam filling. It's perfect for picnics, when you have a big car.

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Nick had a sleepless night too, and it sounds like a good idea to take a nap in a thin shadow of tree branches. Or at least to stretch the back and legs.

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To say the truth, we were prepared to air raids all day and some other bad things to happen, but the day was quiet here. Only in the evening, the air raid was started over all country...

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As always, we pray for those who fight for us, who are wounded or in captivity, or in the occupation, or were forced to leave their homes. And so that we all have the strength to defend our country.


You probably miss this little lady :) Sonya says hi!

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Sometimes it was almost like the good old peaceful days. Almost. But I am so thankful for this wonderful chance, and a lovely day.



And thankful to you for all support and care and willing to help. Appreciate your beautiful Sundays 🙏 🌞

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I'm so glad to see you happy, even for half a day. It's wonderful that you could spend some time with Nick. However, you've lost a lot of weight, which is understandable understandable under the given circumstances but it is worrying. Try to take care of yourself my dear friend ❤️ thinking of you every single day 🤗

Losing weight is good, although I wish it to happen on another reason ) You see, I'm joking.

It was a good day indeed, to recall driving our bridges, and highways... This is silly, but I miss this tiny details. And spending a relaxing day with Nick was.. you know, it was important to me to know he can return to a normal life even for a half of day. I can't explain it, but I wish I could do more for him. He is always so tired when I see him...

He's going to need your support when this madness will be over as returning to the "new normal" won't be easy. It will take awhile but it will be better that this. You've both extremely strong and determined, so you'll make it work 💪

Христос Воскрес! Я рада що ти мала хвильку відпочинку з коханим чоловіком! І вірю що найважчі випробування позаду!

Воістину Воскрес!!! 💛🐣

Ох, хотіла б я теж так думати, що найважче позаду. Боюсь уже на щось сподіватись, планувати, бо потім так боляче розчаровуватись. Кожного разу ще більше боляче. Якраз у неділю згдувала, як дівчата ділились "пророцтвами" нумерологів стосовно середини березня... Але нічого переломного (в хорошому сенсі) так і не сталося. Намагаюсь не впадати в крайнощі, просто жити тут і зараз, і заставляти себе не думати про те, що буде через тиждень.

Як ти тримаєшся?

!LUV

I'm sorry I missed this post, have been a bit busy these few days. It is so good to see a happy smile on your face and to be able spend Easter with Nick.

Snowpea says hi to Sonya and sends her a rose

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She is so sweet and lovely 😇🥰🤗❤

Також мрію побачити рідну людину😔
62 день...

Хочеться спитати "де?", але знаю, що не варто. Що ще сказати, щоб слова не звучало банально, теж не знаю. Але від усьогоо серця бажаю не втратити віру і стійкість, і нехай всі ваші дорогі і близькі будуть у безпеці. 💙💛

So happy to see you had a beautiful Easter! Happy Easter to you and Nick. What a wonderful blessing to have spent that time together and with friends. A small piece of normal, if we can call it that.

You are so slender! You have never been chubby, but, your smaller frame makes you look like you are not eating enough. On the other hand, you look so peaceful, you and Nick resting in the sunshine.

I think of you often, and pray for you always.

I love the picture sent from Nat!! Could she possibly smile any bigger??? :)) She is such a blessing being there with your mom. ❤️ Please take care of yourself. Please. xoxo

Thank you for your prayers and concern, dear Denise. I eat everything, besides, I don’t move much lately. In addition, food is no longer so enjoyable.

Nat is my sunshine. Her voice is the best medicine in my darkest days.

Could she possibly smile any bigger???

Yeah ) She always knew her smile melt hearts ☺

I often think of you too. It seems that the world has become smaller in the last couple of months.

!LUV
!BEER

I am so happy to see your smiley face and I can understand how you were feeling at that moment when you heard Nick is coming home. I guess, after a long time, you had a very happy and relaxing day because of the sun and spring weather. I know we all are having a tough situation and going through a lot but these happy moments always boost our energy and help us move forward.

What happened with the bank? I was having some trouble with Privat lately...

I suspect that Privat was attacked by hackers. There is very little information , but cyber attacks on the most important enterprises of Ukraine do not stop. And, as it is de facto the biggest bank, many supermarkets has their terminals and many customers use their cards, and ATM. Do you have a card of other bank? I have mono and Raif as well.

No, I am currently holding a Privat card only, I have seen this issue when I was trying to purchase a food product in the super shop here, my card declined and after some time I saw my money deducted from the card but I paid cash already. The money didn't return yet and the shop is saying they haven't received any money from my card. Today I can't even use my visa card :(

Crap. Is there a way to contact them? Returning money can take time. What do you think about Revolut?

I tried revolut but they need a valid address which I don't have now. I am trying to get a finance card and also will try revolut after my registration process. Right now, Privat won't help but I will ask the shop about the purchase. I don't know with whom I should discuss this, because private is unreachable now...I tried their hotline but no use...

I will see what I can find out tomorrow for you. Let's see

It would be a great help, thank you so much...

Карта Украины в светлый день Пасхи была красной. Воздушная тревога была во всех областях нашей страны.
Зачем они ходят в церковь, если они даже в светлый день убивали людей.
Ходить в церковь, святить паски - это не значит быть верующим.
У них нет веры! В этом убедились все украинцы и не только.

Слава Украине! 💙💛

The map of Ukraine on the bright day of Easter was red. There was an air raid in all regions of our country.
Why do they go to church if they killed people even on a bright day.
Going to church, holy pascas - this does not mean being a believer.
They don't have faith! All Ukrainians and not only were convinced of this.

Glory to Ukraine! 💙💛

Там відбулася повна підміна понять. Поступово, день за днем. Тут це теж відбувалось, але ефект набагато менший, все ж таки ми інша держава, і ресурс тут у ФСБ хоч і великий, але недостатній.

Не намагайтесь їх зрозуміти, тому що вони вкладть в загальноприйняті поняття зовсім інший зміст.

А ми продовжуємо наближати нашу перемогу. Героям Слвва!

!LUV
!BEER

ранок сьогодні важкий (((((
Ми прокинулися від вибухів.
Йде наступ на наше місто.
Молимося та віримо!
Слава нашим героям!

So Happy You got this day!
🙋🏻‍♀️🇺🇦🙏🏼🇺🇦🙋🏻‍♀️

Dear @zirochka,

I'm a bit late but I wish you a Happy Easter time 🐣
Those smiles on your faces made my day!

May you find a glimpse of peace in simple moments like this. Hugs and prayers to you @zirochka :)

Nice to see you smiling and enjoying a great day. Hope for many more to come. Stay safe!

Thank you

God bless you and yours, Every day I pray to God to end the war against Ukraine. Please take care of yourselves. God have mercy on your country.

💙💛

Most of my new colleagues are from Ukraine. They are wonderful people. At noon, they share about their families staying in Ukraine and together we all pray for them. For Easter, the other colleagues brought Easter cakes/kozunak and painted eggs for all Ukrainians at work, to have for the holiday. I invited an elderly Ukrainian woman to stay with me and my family, at least for one day of the holidays, she didn't want for more, because her daughter stayed in Ukraine. May God be with you. 🙏🙏🙏

I am pleased. Where do you work? I mean, not in Ukraine, right?

My work colleagues are disperced around the world now. Austria, Ireland, Poland, Spain... Home they willl come back when Ukraine will be safe again, soon 🙏💙💛

Bulgaria. Most people I know don't like Ukrainians, that is probably because they are scared from the war. But we are all people, a person, a human being not matter the race, country, color and so on. And every country have something beautiful and we can learn from each other. The elderly woman told me a few recipies i'm dying to try. Salad with mushrooms and cauliflower, roasted pumpkin with milk and a lot more. I hope one day i can visit your country. :)

Bulgaria is a wonderful country. It was my first exlerience of travel abroad 😊 I haven't been there since that, and I wish I can visit it again one day. And you visit Ukraine...

It's a deal :D :) You Bulgaria, me Ukraine. :)

@tipu curate 2

So good to see so many smiling faces even in these difficult times. The Ukrainian spirit is very strong.

First day for 2 months, they let themselves to stop and relax. I think it's fair. Those who gave their lives for us would like us to live, not to be in a depression or grumbles.

Thank you for your comment.

Great you manage to get the food to feed the family.
Too bad about the network problems with the payment.
The network is always the weakest link.

I am from Philippines. We pray for peace of your country.

Thank you! 💙💛

It's so nice to see your pretty smile again! The picnic looks lovely! I'm so glad that you & Nick were able to have a relaxing day together after so much turmoil. That last shot of you is stunning!💜

Thank you, dear @thekittygirl

The last common photo for memory was the best 😉

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To live despite war

Ура, сонце і природа зробили свою справу!!!

Радий бачити Соню і Ваше усміхнене обличчя. Все буде Україна.

Дякую! Все буде Україна.

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Es bueno verte sonriendo, es muy grato. Mucho ánimo amiga

I wish for this confrontation to end as soon as possible

Thanks.

This is invasion, attack, and not a confrontation. Let's call a spade a spade.

May God be with you and keep you safe and be with you. I ask God to send his angels with you all that side. The food looks very nice and I'm glad that you all enjoyed it. It was a bigggggg surprise that Nick was with you. Have a blessed evening xxx


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it's very nice to be able to gather and have a vacation with them, what makes the bread is your family, I think the bread is very good to taste, I see they are all very beautiful . I hope you and all of them are doing well, and can follow the activities smoothly.

nice sharing

Oh, my friend. How nice to read that you had a special day. I am so happy for you. You deserve it. Nice pictures. A big hug. A thousand blessings @zirochka

Thank you ❤