We took Sergiy to the airport and the plane left two hours late. It is up in the air whether they will make their Kiev connection in Warsaw, Poland. I hope their connecting flight is an hour late...I will check in the morning to see.
Last night, Sergiy did not want the day to end. He slept on the couch in the living room and did not want the TV off or the lights off. He kept saying that he didn't want to go back. I finally had to turn everything off at midnight and told me him needed to go to sleep because he had a long trip ahead of him.
I woke him up at 6:30 am and the first two words out of his mouth were "No Ukraine". We left at 7:15 and stopped to eat a good breakfast at Perkins's on the way. He was fine until about 15 minutes away from the airport. "No Ukraine, no airport, no internot (orphanage)". He wasn't being defiant, just stating he really didn't want to leave. He kept telling Deborah over and over, "no cry". I think he was very afraid of crying in front of others.
Leaving at the airport was tough. We checked him in and got his baggage through and had about 25 minutes to get him something to eat at McDonalds. Then it was time for final hugs and goodbyes before he walked through security. He didn't shed a tear but walked through showing his passport and turned a few times to wave to us.
It was harder to leave the house with him then to say goodbye at the airport but a tough day for sure.
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