Coming to Terms with Being an Anti-Russian Russian

This essay is a revision of a previous essay, How I Learned to Hate. “Let them eat sh**.” This is what my daughter’s piano teacher said to me in Russian over the phone about Ukrainians. A prim 68 year old woman who wears her hair in a bun, I was taken aback by her statement. “I’m from the Ukraine,” I…

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How I Learned to Hate

Coming to Terms with Being an Anti-Russian Russian “Let them eat sh**.” This is what my daughter’s piano teacher said to me in Russian over the phone about Ukrainians. A prim 68 year old woman who wears her hair in a bun, I was taken aback by her statement. “I’m from the Ukraine,” I reminded her, still shocked by her…

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To the Americans and NATO Allies that are Supporting Ukraine Right Now

I want to say thank you. Ukraine would not be alive without you. Many more people would be dead physically and spiritually. Not fighting a war is not an option for Ukraine right now. It is the equivalent of suicide. Some of you don’t follow the news, and you have a right not to. For others, it’s not an option.