When the war in Ukraine began, Ivanna Ivaniv, 36, took her three children from their Lviv home and drove to Poland. Now living in her sister’s home in southern Maryland, Ivaniv and her children are among the nearly 3 million Ukrainians, mostly women and children, who have fled their homeland to seek safety.
But inside one of the homes, Ivanna Ivaniv, 36, can think of almost nothing else. Her life had been ordered, but now it is flooded with chaos and doubt. Just a few weeks ago, she was a dentist at a thriving practice in Lviv in western Ukraine, having wine and cheese with friends in a small cafe. Weeks before that, she was arranging swimming and dancing lessons for her kids and making summer vacation plans.
war where in just three weeks shelling has made neighborhoods unrecognizable and attacks and battles have left thousands dead and wounded, according to United Nations data.Ivaniv had a visa to travel here, family to stay with and she knows her situation is much better than that of most refugees. But even so,“I do feel lucky, but I cannot feel true happiness right now,” Ivaniv said. “I feel lost and isolated from the whole world, and the future is unpredictable.
“I was in a panic,” she said. She began taking photos on her phone of all her important documents and texting them to her sister. Just in case they got lost. Just in case …
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