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Wednesday, March 2, 2022

Stand With Ukraine

 While I was on our Caribbean cruise back in December I had a massage and also an acupuncture session in the spa onboard the ship.

The acupuncturist was named "Dr. Sam" and his name tag noted he was from Ukraine.  He came to my mind last week as events unfolded between Ukrainians and megalomaniac dictator Vladimir Putin and his Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Since cruise ship employees are signed to multi-month contracts and do go home between their contracted employment I keep thinking about Dr. Sam.  Will he go home and stay to fight?  Can he go home?  Does he have family there and if so, imagine the worry he carries about their safety.

Am I odd to worry about someone I have only met once?

Before opening night of the opera "Don Carlos" at the Met the other day the cast learned and performed the Ukrainian National Anthem.

Please keep the Ukrainian people in your thoughts and prayers.  May this insanity end quickly.

Sluggy

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8 comments:

  1. Out My windowMarch 2, 2022 at 3:47 PM

    No,you are not weird worrying about someone you met once. Well, you are weird, but that is not a weird thing. I am very upset about Ukraine.

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  2. debbieMarch 2, 2022 at 6:16 PM

    I agree I have been praying for a good outcome and the singing made me cry

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  3. Practical ParsimonyMarch 2, 2022 at 9:50 PM

    I don't think it is weird at all. I am crying intermittently about all that is happening and I know none of them and have never met them. It just hurts.

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  4. CherylMarch 2, 2022 at 10:40 PM

    The whole situation is heartbreaking. My grandparents left Ukraine in 1910 for a better life and left many family members behind. It is beyond belief that this is happening in 2022. Will we ever learn from the past?

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  5. SAMMarch 3, 2022 at 10:10 AM

    Giving caring thoughts to anyone is being human, and when you have a personal connection, even more so.

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  6. Anne in the kitchenMarch 4, 2022 at 1:24 AM

    I found that Son3's bassist has relatives in the Ukraine and went to join the fight

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  7. KathyMarch 4, 2022 at 8:20 AM

    So sad about what is happening in Ukraine. Hope that Dr Sam and his family and friends are ok. Hopefully this madness will end soon.

    I would love a review on the acupuncture. Does it help? How does it feel to be a human pincushion?Just thinking about it makes me squeamish.

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  8. LorraineMarch 4, 2022 at 2:04 PM

    I don't know, nor have I met anyone from Ukraine, yet I am worried about the entire country, all its people, its animals, the trees, the sunflowers and everything! I am a wreck!

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