My Sunflower Ring…and Ukrainian Memories

I could title this “The Ukraine I Met” rather than the “The Ukraine I Know” because like most travelers there, I met a lot of Ukrainians, but did I get to know them?

Hardly.

Meeting and knowing people are different. Like acquaintances and friendships are different. Both are significant but one is more surface like, fleeting, passing while the other goes deeper, with greater understanding…