war story
Holland, Zotermeer - Oct 26, 2022
Kharkiv is my mother, grandmother, great-grandmother
Kharkiv is my mother, grandmother, great-grandmother
By Olena Skala Skaletska
Holland, Zotermeer, Oct 26, 2022
aiWe do not yet know at what cost Kharkiv was defended. I'll be honest, I was afraid to find myself in the occupation. Yes, of course, she was sure that our people would fight for every home if it survived the rocket. In my apartment, the windows and blinds that were swaying in the kitchen were blown out, and for a long time the neighbors from above were on their nerves. Of the 36 apartments, two families were left to live in the entrance..
aiWithout heat all winter, spring, often with a lack of water, light. I was going west. The fees for the trip were pointless. My documents, dog, her food, medicine, things. Everything should fit in a tourist backpack. And that's all?!! One sweater, one dress, what will I be there until summer?? God, where is it? Where will I even be? Yes, dress, training suit, I definitely intend to run, it doesn't matter where.
Kharkiv is, first of all, my mother... God, where is it? Where will I even be?
aiSneakers, creams at least, no cosmetics, who needs red lipstick in war, warm socks are better, God forbid you get sick. There is emptiness in the head, pain in the soul, unknownness in the eyes. Kharkiv is not even me, it is my childhood, trips to the zoo, graduation in Gorky Park, the beach on Danylivka and a dacha in Liptsy.
aiKharkiv is, first of all, my mother. Here is a photo of her on Svobody Square, then Dzerzhinsky Square. In a fashionable raincoat with a small handbag on her heels. How beautiful. And here she is, a girl with her friend Lyuba and sister Nadia, going down the hill in Shyshkivka. And this is the school №100 and its first grade, I also graduated from this school. And this is already with his granddaughter Anechka at a holiday in kindergarten. Mom stayed in Kharkiv forever. When will I be able to visit you at the cemetery behind Pyatihatky, my dear?
