

Happy birthday sweet Marysia 💝 102 years old!
May this day, Simchat Torah, 2025 A day of mourning and a day to dance, See only peace in Israel, Gaza, and the whole Middle East. ❤️🩹 To celebrate Mum’s 102nd birthday, I’d like to share a story about an unusual friendship — between her and her University lecturer. About a month ago, I was reading through a draft of mum’s life story and found myself thinking about all those years she spent at Melbourne University. She was a very mature-age student, studying there from
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