#friendsarethefamilyichoose

[ladymworld]

I have thought long and hard before posting this... Yesterday, I had a video call with one of my incredible friends. My friend is Russian, so as some of you now 'scroll on by', spare a thought for those Russians who are powerless over their country's decisions. Those innocent people who are not allowed to have a voice...not allowed to live in peace....Those people who just because they were born into a country are being blamed for actions they have NO CONTROL OVER. Think of those who have had their dreams shattered... THEY too are victims....I am not going to get all political, nor am I going to get into an argument with anyone. The lady I spoke to on video this morning is not the happy, content, positive, driven friend I spoke to 2 weeks ago, she is broken, frightened, trapped and in fear...her 11 year old son is in hospital as the events have triggered his severe asthma. My friend is a lone parent, a full time working lone parent who owns her own home...my friend was due to be moving to Germany with her son, a move that she has been planning and working towards for over 3 years....she had an amazing job offer, a new home...and now her dreams are shattered...and she is powerless. Reality for her is the simple things like coffee is now £50 instead of £10 and even the Lego her son loves to build has increased from £100 a set to £1000!! This is the reality, NOT propaganda.... There was me moaning about the rising costs of fuel... I feel helpless to do anything...for the last 3 years my friend and I have been carefully planning a trip and Covid prevented it...now this atrocity... I am powerless, yet I have my voice.... #innocentpeople #warisnotachoicemadebypeople #spareathought #just for today #friendsarethefamilyichoose https://www.instagram.com/p/Caw1qDOOjPqdk3FXkA5551_jNHm2YvAmxu63K40/?utm_medium=tumblr