Yesterday we made the trek to pay our respects to Mother Russia. Larger then the Statue of Liberty, her goddess presence takes your breath away. She demands you climb two hundred steps to greet her, one for each day of the Stalingrad battle. Humbled in her presence, she is the embodiment of feminine strength, beauty, power and grace. Sword held high into the heavens, she protects her Country. In the Square of Sorrow in which she precides over, the remains of 34, 505 soldiers lie beneath. Weighing over eight thousand tons, an interpretation of Nikka – goddess of the victory. In stark contrast to her grand scale, the Russians say the monument bears a likeness to a bird flying in the skies.
The Square of Sorrow changing of the guard.
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Welcome to my adoption blog. I am a thirty something Canadian Chick in the process of becoming a mommy bird through international adoption. I can't promise that my mind and heart won't wander off topic as I am apt to do and so may my posts. I can promise that I will share with you the joy and pain that is the stuff of all great journeys. The facts and the feelings, the laughter and the tears, the lessons and the bliss.
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