The scene: Nat and her family have just finished eating a delicious Ukrainian Christmas Eve dinner, complete with almost all twelve meatless dishes, each one made by either her mom or her grandma. Everyone is happy and stuffed and the table is cleared for games.
Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It’s hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It’s round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you’ve got about a hundred years here. There’s only one rule that I know of, babies – ‘God damn it, you’ve got to be kind.’ - Kurt Vonnegut (God Bless You, Mr Rosewater)