Sunflowers at my Table

<p class=ql-align-center><em>We are all connected in the tapestry of human compassion. Fifty-two days ago we were complete strangers. Today we live side by side. We eat together sleep in the same building together we cook in the kitchen together we walk outside together we grieve together.</em></p><p class=ql-align-center><br></p><p class=ql-align-center>On February 24 2022 war broke out in Ukraine when Russia invaded the country.</p><p class=ql-align-center>It started with a barrage of bombing of major Ukrainian cities.</p><p class=ql-align-center>Troops were mobilized on both sides and the shooting began.</p><p class=ql-align-center><br></p><p class=ql-align-center>Refugees began to stream into Poland mostly women and children. Ukrainian men of military age were forbidden to leave the country. Very soon our friends began to call us</p><p class=ql-align-center>asking whether we could take in some families they knew about.</p><p class=ql-align-center>We said Yes and waited.</p><p class=ql-align-center><br></p><p class=ql-align-center>Forty people arrived.</p><p class=ql-align-center><br></p><p class=ql-align-center>What happened next would be life changing for all of us.</p><p class=ql-align-center><br></p><p class=ql-align-center>This is our story.</p><p><br></p>