May 13, 2022 Though I've been home since April 19, I am just now having time to get my legs back under me, so to speak. There were a number of events and activities that were in place before I ever planned to go to Poland. In the airport in Krakow, at 4 am, on my way home, I met a 24 year old Jewish Ukrainian woman, Sophie. She lives in Kyiv and was on her way to Frankfurt to visit family, then planning to return to Kyiv. A slight woman with long hair on one side, the other side shaved bare, she was a delight to talk with. She is a passionate Ukrainian, loves her country, or rather, what it has become since the democratic revolution, and her hope for what it will yet be. Sophie told me her country had been "transformed" in 2014, when she was 16, when democratic reforms were instituted and the country turned towards the West. She said much had been accomplished, but a lot remained to be done. She was proud that her country was turning towards democratic structures,