| Dear Darya: | | | | even though ten thousand miles apart and decades |
| Coming back to San Francisco from Kiev with stops | | | | differences in age. Each time I turn my head to |
| at Munich and London, it was the longest trip I ever | | | | Kristina, to my surprise, she must have stared at me |
| took. What a rewarding experience last week in | | | | with sincerity for sometime. I then discovered some |
| Kharkov ! The whole sequence was like an illusion | | | | beautiful features in Kristina's face that I adore. More |
| hanging in my mind on the familiar scenic road | | | | importantly, Kristina's kind heart and noble characters |
| approaching home. My driver turned to a long | | | | attracted my each day with her, my love to her |
| driveway, I saw my garden estate still standing tall in | | | | become stronger and stronger. |
| the green pasture under the blue sky. Over looking | | | | Unloading my traveling gear, I looked my house it |
| Silicon Valley in California, it is plush green in winter. | | | | seemed suddenly illuminate with warmth. Would |
| What a contrast from snow covered Kharkov where | | | | Kristina like to decorate this twelve rooms home or |
| I just visited. | | | | she enjoying working in the garden larger than most |
| I found my sole mate and lifetime partner in Kharkov! | | | | of the city parks with natural surrounding of oaks, |
| I don't want to link to an old movie "Love story" by | | | | bay trees, maroons, and hundreds of giant sequoias? |
| O'Neal and McGraw that I enjoyed decades ago, | | | | Great life ahead of us. |
| because of the sad ending. Neither is James Bond | | | | This won't happen without the help of Darya of |
| movie "From Russia with love" style. Rather, it must | | | | Mordinson, the smartest of all, The response from |
| have made in heaven! I must believe in destination. | | | | the Agency is so rapidly that I once thought they |
| Sometimes I tried to deviate but somehow it goes | | | | work 24 hours a day in the US, thus no time zone |
| back to the original designed course. | | | | difference. She is building a enterprise with a first |
| Kristina told me that she joined Modinson Agency | | | | class new facility. Maxim inherited from his father the |
| only a month ago and my introduction letter was the | | | | skill in photography . I was so impressed on the girls |
| second but when she saw my photo, she expressed | | | | photos and that was a major reason I chose |
| in words "love at the first sight". She likes what I | | | | Mordinson and made the trip. Michael, the younger |
| wrote to her and vise versa. Kristina showed her kind | | | | brother, talented in language as well as Economics is |
| heart and noble deeds with tremendous love toward | | | | a tiger ready to roar. Along with Anna and their |
| children, animals, nature and family. First meeting right | | | | parents the family working in sync. What a |
| after I arrived Kharkov much more exceeded her | | | | entrepreneurship spirit in Ukraine ! |
| expectation. Her communicational level in English made | | | | I just found out from my immigration attorney that a |
| following meetings interesting and versatile. Easiest | | | | long wait for the fiancee visa is ahead of us. This |
| decision in my life. I proposed and she accepted | | | | would be the first test of our lifetime journey. |
| without any hesitation. We took portraits at | | | | Good luck with your business and thanks for the help |
| Modinson studio and went to an immigration lawyer a | | | | again. |
| day after. It seems we were made for each other, | | | | |