Today is the 25th anniversary of us (Vlad, Anna, and I) leaving Russia to fly to America. Reblogging the post about that day š
Before I start, let me tell you a couple of words about how my children have reacted to the news that we are going to go to America. First of all, they were very excited to tell everybody around, and the funny thing is that nobody believed them! They would be at the playground, and would tell other parents: we are going to America for two years!!! And other parents would be yea, sureā¦ And then I come and say that itās true!
When Anna and I were talking recently about these weeks before our departure, she told me that she remembers there was one thing she was sad about, but she canāt remember what exactly it was. But I remembered! The Fall play in their daycare was in rehearsal at that time; it was a modern version of the Russian folk tale āŠ ŠµŠæŠŗŠ°ā (āThe Turnipā). Both of them wereā¦
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