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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA homecoming--in one piece, too, despite Putin's best efforts.
I have gotten no details yet, but it seems that two and a half years of getting bombed and forced to run down to bomb shelters every night is over--for now. My nephew, who has been living in Kyiv for the better part of the last 3 years, is now back in northern Virginia for a while. Best news, he is quite even tempered, and not a nervous wreck. Just, "OK, I'm back for now, you wanna go out to the Indian place next time you're in town?"
It must take some special kind of ultra-cooled emotional makeup to weather that kind of situation for the better part of three years, and I have to say, I have NEVER seen him rattled over anything.
So, welcome home, nephew. Don't get bored!
(fat chance of that--knowing him, his idea of relaxtion is probably going down south of the border and observing the Sinaloa Cartel from some jungle blind, and reporting it back home with an ipad in one hand and a bag of Nachos in the other).
irisblue
(36,564 posts)DFW
(59,382 posts)From his demeanor, you'd think he was the unassuming receptionist at your corner pharmacy.
maxsolomon
(37,841 posts)Is he working for the US?
DFW
(59,382 posts)Lets just say the work he was doing was to benefit the Ukrainians. Sorry to be vague, but since I dont know where his next assignment will behe might not know, either at this pointIll have to leave it at that.
Lifeafter70
(729 posts)When you get back to the states enjoy your reunion
NBachers
(19,046 posts)JustABozoOnThisBus
(24,487 posts)Well, maybe, it IS in South Carolina.
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I don't know if they serve good Indian food.
DFW
(59,382 posts)Layla in Charleston. Worth a visit if you find yourself in the neighborhood.
CaliforniaPeggy
(155,745 posts)Your description of how he might relax made me LOL!
Whatever his job is, he's obviously good at it and not especially bothered by it. More power to him!
DFW
(59,382 posts)He was the one who, in 2008, age 18, but small for his age, was in that indoor swimming pool in Virginia at 6:30 AM and the only other two people there were two of then-Senator Bidens staff, discussing the still-secret selection of their boss as Obamas VP. He never gave a hint that he understood English at all (he has Oriental features), and let them babble on. That was the reason I knew before most people, and definitely before anyone else on DU!