Ukrainian girl, 9, pens letter to mom who died: ‘We will meet in heaven’
Global News
The letter is a heartbreaking illustration of the loss experienced by the Ukrainian people.
A heartbreaking letter penned by a young Ukrainian girl to her deceased mother is touching hearts worldwide after it was shared to Twitter.
Anton Gerashchenko, an adviser and former deputy minister at Ukraine’s Ministry of Internal Affairs, shared a photo of the letter earlier this week, which was written in a day planner.
The note was written on March 8 by a nine-year-old girl by the name of Galia, just weeks after Russia invaded Ukraine.
It’s unclear how Gerashchenko came into possession of the letter.
Her mother was killed in Borodyanka, a Ukrainian city that has faced horrific conditions since the attack began.
“Mum, this letter is your present,” she wrote, according to a translation of the letter. “…If you think that you nurtured me for no reason, you are not right. Thank you for the 9 years of my life. Thank you so much for my childhood. You are the best mother in the world! I will never forget you! I wish you happiness in heaven. I wish you to go to heaven. We will meet in heaven. I will try to behave myself to go to heaven. Kissing you.”
Ukrainian officials are still counting the death toll in Borodyanka, but officials put “conservative” estimates at 5,000, the Guardian reported.
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