Thread by @KenboStewart

We made it into Poland last night. 38 hours in the queue.
We are overwhelmed by the support we have received here on social media. Thank you everyone for showing compassion, whether in comforting words or offers (there have been many) of help.

We are the lucky ones. Spare a thought for those thousands who are still in that queue, and many other lines from Moldova to Poland. I didn’t see anyone lose it, no fights, no selfishness but a sense of all being in it together.
Ukrainians are an example for the world to follow.

I imagine you have all worked that out by now. They appear to be built differently from the rest of us. Yara, our 3 year old, should be a model for children everywhere. She kept a smile on her face almost the whole time and never really complained. Clearly takes after her mother

Today, we are torn between relief for getting our children to safety and guilt for leaving so many behind. Sometimes you have to make difficult decisions. Our children drove those decisions. Completely.
We have left behind in-laws (Tanya’s parents, brother, his wife and their

10 year old son. Leaving him there hurts but they wanted to stay together. They now spend their days in a bomb shelter in the basement of a kindergarten in our village. Yes, a kindergarten. Shelling and bombing in the surrounding area keeps them there.

What keeps our hopes up is the fact that the Russians have met their match, more than their match in the Ukrainians. They will not give up the country without a mighty fight. They are literally fighting for the survival of their country.

Please consider donating money. I will try to post some links here later.
Now it’s time for a shave and a shower and some breakfast.
Then we will get down to the business of getting Tanya a visa for UK! As if we don’t have enough to worry about.