Hello Everyone,
Evelyn one,
This entry is on a local level and very close to home. I once stated the when things go right in the office “they go right.” For several more months now, I have work alongside a remarkable woman. What is so special about her? Her name is Lyudmila Kashirina and she is from Russia. After the fall of the Soviet Union, Lyudmila and her family were among thousands of Russians who left their homeland for the United States. Her family was also one of millions who suffered financial lost with the collapses of Russia’s banking system.
On Friday, July 20, 2007, Lyudmila passed the nation’s naturalization examine for citizenship. We, her co-workers, supervisors and boss, were very excited and pleased with her success. This past week in Tampa Lyudmila was among some 350 others people who attended the official ceremony that formally celebrated and announced them as our newest US citizens. This Wednesday, we at the office also had a little celebration for our newest citizen and special friend.
Lyudmila Kashirina is a beautiful woman who knows what it means to be have one civil liberties and rights honored, upheld, and respected after living in a country where such rights were once unthinkable and suppressed.
Congratulation, Lyudmila!
May we who were borne here in the US need to remember that we gained these same rights at birth, and may we neither abuse these rights, the rights of other people, nor take them for grant in any way.
Evelyn out.
