This’ll be the best birthday present ever

TODAY is my birthday and the celebration is bigger than usual. My sons and their partners will meet my Ukrainian guests for the first time. My older boy, Ed, is the same age as Zoryana — both born in 1983. I told the delightful Zoryana she was old enough to be my daughter.

She’s happy to be ‘adopted’ and she’s what I always wanted. She loves to cook, which I don’t. She’s virtually banned me from the kitchen. Her son Ustym is content for me to be his grandma, too: job done!