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How We Accidentally Adopted a Ukrainian Refugee Cat Through Reddit
Let us cast our minds back to early 2022. In fact, back to February 24, 2022. This is the day Russia invaded Ukraine, and things in Europe changed overnight.
Living in Germany, we are close to Ukraine-too close for comfort. This also meant that sadly many refugees started coming into the country, many by car, and many more by train. Suddenly, there were more people than the city had accommodation for, and they had to resort to a school for temporary housing.
The local government requested people with any space in their homes to offer shelter to refugees fleeing from the horrific bombings being inflicted on their country.
And you know what? People stepped up. Hugely. I know people personally who didn’t even think twice before offering space in their homes. Friends even gave a family of four a home for over a year and then helped them find their own accommodation, got the kids into local schools, and more. People can be amazing, and sometimes we only see the best in people in the worst of times.
I desperately wanted to help. Somehow. My husband had started a job where he got tips and decided to donate all his tips to the war effort-and amazingly enough, during this time (about three months), he used to get huge tips, more than previously and more than he…
