A Ukrainian mom scribbled her contact info on her daughter's back as the war erupted
Aleksandra Makoviy couldn't stop the violent trembling of her hands.
The sound of bombs raining down on nearby streets of Kyiv, on the first day of the war in Ukraine, made it almost impossible to steady a pen on her daughter's tiny, naked back – and it was imperative to get the information down.
In the end, it was a messy scrawl: Vira Makovii, 10-11-19 – her child's name and birthdate.
www.npr.org/2022/04/08/1091542359/ukrainian-mom-daughter-writing-back-instagram-war-makoviy
Ukrainian mom wrote family contact info on daughter’s back in case she was orphaned
A Ukrainian mom was so terrified that she’d be killed while trying to save her toddler from the war, she wrote a list of family data on the young girl’s back — and even considered getting it tattooed.
Kyiv-based artist Sasha Makoviy shared the heartbreaking snap of her diaper-wearing daughter Vira’s back covered in her personal info, including her name, date of birth and a series of contact details.
With her “hands trembling,” she wrote the info on the 2-year-old “in case something happened to us, and someone would pick her up as a survivor.”
nypost.com/2022/04/06/ukrainian-mom-wrote-on-daughters-back-if-she-was-orphaned/