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Jane
- Feb 17, 2021
We have a nice moment right now..
12.2.21 I could hear Gil’s voice talking to someone loudly. I found him lying next to mum in her darkened room. They were holding hands and having a deep conversation about 'life'. He brings out the best in her, I think because he gives her his time which makes her feel good and allows her to open up. Here are some of their golden snippets: Mum: Should I think too much...about what's going on..? Gil: 'This is the life….moment after moment…'
Jane
- Feb 17, 2021
Introducing some of the housemates
I speak about the household a lot. How it supports each other and seems to carry us all in a nutty sort of way. These days I have two tenants - Lisa from the Phillipines and Serena from India. Lisa is very kind and gentle and loves the garden with all its flowers. Serena's a lively and lovely 22 year old student. She’s friendly and helpful too. There’s also Coby and Bee. I love that Coby lives here, and Bee too, except when Coby frustrates her and she goes into an emotional


Jane
- Feb 17, 2021
Mum has Two Angels
12.2.21 Mum has two angels that landed in this house - one is Lisa from the Phillipines, the other is Serena, a young student from India. They love mum unconditionally and always keep an eye out for her. Lisa is an early riser and more often than not she’ll find mum pottering around in the kitchen in the early hours of the morning. I am sound asleep at that time. Lisa will tend to mum with loving care - she’ll help mum put on her dressing gown, make her a hot cup of tea and
Jane
- Feb 11, 2021
Move now, Som Chai
4.11.2019 Mum has returned home after breaking six ribs and spending time in hospital and rehab. Even though her side hurts she immediately gets back into rearranging the house and moving heavy things around. She also is gracious and doesn't want me to disturb Som Chai (my pretend partner) who is sitting in her chair.


Jane
- Feb 7, 2021
Cherishing the moments
29.2.20 I get these moments often - a deep surge of joy somewhere inside between my belly and my chest. The joy comes from my household. I am sitting here in the divided part of the lounge room in the dark because I am so-called meditating. But I stopped to write because I felt the surge, and I usually don’t manage to write when I feel it. Yasha/Coby is praying quietly near me, on the other side of the dividing curtains - it is nearly the end of Shabbat. Bee (Coby’s girlfrien


Jane
- Feb 7, 2021
The little thief
15.11.19 I’m having a sit in the lounge room. My eyes are closed but I peep as mum is fussing about with the clothes on the clothes horse. I’m concerned that she’ll trip over the light cord on the little table which she constantly moves to the middle of the room and I constantly move it back - many times a day. Through squinting eyes I see that she takes a face cloth and my bra from the horse, turns to glance at me and then heads straight to her room holding on to her treasur


Jane
- Feb 5, 2021
Thoughts about mum
20.5.17 We’re up here in Warby for the weekend. It’s a skin/nerves/heart experience, spending time with my 94 yr old mum who I love. I see her so vulnerable and regressing, like a little kid, but in some ways still like her old self. I feel pleasure knowing she is happy here with me. It is an exercise in true patience - the accumulation of my 60 years of life reactions constantly clash with my effort to remember how she must feel, losing her senses - her speech, her thoughts,