Blogging the life of a little girl with a rare chromosome 2q24.3q32.1 deletion
It's so easy for the current reality of Ukraine's destruction to quickly fade from thoughts. The world moves on. And though we are determined to be as present and as joy-filled as we can for this precious girl of ours, lives are still being lost every day in Ukraine. So we still look for ways... Continue Reading →
Russia (okay, well, Putin) still bombards Ukraine every day. And we still have a kiddo who needs our full attention. So we move on with life -- with teething, with trying to get her to nap, with doing everything in our power to make sure she's growing and developing. We're privileged to be in a place right now that we can do that, so we will. Because life will not always be this peace-filled for us. In the meantime, we'll just hope that the Estonian military experts are correct -- that Russia isn't strong enough to take Kyiv.
All over the Western world we're experiencing a bit of collective grief. It's sad and weird and all kinds of things living in the middle of a country being invaded to the south of us. But life must go on. And, it feels weird to say it, but this week has been a breath of fresh air for us -- when it comes to Eloise.
It had been a tough few weeks and Eloise was finally napping, so Brian and I were scurrying around the house to do a quick cleanup. As I was loading the dishwasher, Brian paused what he was doing, looked at me, and casually threw out a question. "What is our own trigger point? When would we consider fleeing Estonia if Russia invaded?"
Eloise The Tiny Fighter 