by Mary Wakefield Buxton –
URBANNA — Everyone deals with worry and constant barrage of troubles in life, but the Russian invasion of Ukraine has added even a new layer of stress. Being away from home during this tragic event has probably exacerbated my anxiety.
I think the fact even though then very young, I do remember my parent’s anxiety during World War II and as a history major and a lifelong student of history, that earlier era of my memory of extreme suffering and massive loss of lives over Hitler’s expansion in Europe along with Italy and Japan’s conquests of neighboring territories, returned to me 1,000 fold.
