The month begins with “May Day”, which is normally a holiday for both May 1 and 2. The celebrations continue with Victory Day on May 9, which usually also means a 2 day holiday. Finally, the month ends with “Kiev Days” on the last weekend in May which is just a big celebration, primarily...
One of the biggest holidays here is March 8, International Women’s Day. When I lived in Ukraine before, I enjoyed this holiday because it wasn’t restricted to just mothers or just those who had a “valentine”, but all women were celebrated with flowers and...
A couple of weeks ago, 2 young women from our church came and asked me if I would meet with them to help them practice their English. There was a third one who was interested in that as well. They said they could come...
Today was a pretty average day in our lives, so I thought I’d share it. It’s not really the kind of day that results in any pictures being taken! This post may help you understand why I often seem to be stumped by the...
Evidently, Ukraine’s weather is making the news all over these days. It is definitely cold outside! Ironically, we had a pretty warm winter (around freezing) with no snow (at least, none that stuck to the ground) until the middle of January. However, once it...
After the recent events at Penn State, there were a number of blog posts and other articles dealing with various aspects of the fallout of those sad events. One blog post I read recommended a book called Protecting the Gift: Keeping Children and Teenagers...
I read a recommendation a few months ago for a book by Rachel Jankovic called Loving the Little Years and decided to request it for Christmas. I didn’t really know much about it beyond a vague idea that it was helpful for mothers of toddlers....
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