mcmastersteve on Nostr: One of Nikita's Gorlovka photos from the previous post and one that is of special ...

One of Nikita's Gorlovka photos from the previous post and one that is of special importance to me. This little boy from a family I had helped, gave up his Christmas gift from me to a child neighbour at school who had recently lost his sister to a shelling injury. What gets me every time I see this photo was Vera told me his reason why. He said that is what Steve does. The last time his family who were unemployed could afford to buy him a toy gift was when he was two.

I mentioned to Vera, next time in Moscow grab a Detsky Mir toy catalogue and whatever he wants will be his gift. He picked a set of dinosaurs because dinosaurs would stomp on the Azov people shelling and make the war stop.

The cost for a toy set of dinosaurs $5.00 in #BTC. Viewing the photos of dinosaurs shrugging off the ice age without a care and a child's gift wish come true. Priceless. His village of Horlivka had been shelled 5 times that week. Three times while he was being walked to school. His school was hit by a shell two weeks before taking out the grade 3 classroom windows. Up until I helped they didn't have heat in the abandoned home they moved into after their house was shelled.