

My Curtains
31.12.18. When I walk into my room during the day, I find my curtains drawn together with clips and the room in darkness. Mum has been...
Jane
Dec 31, 20181 min read


The Rubbish Bin
30.12.18. I bring mum some egg and challah with some rocket from the garden. I gently wake her up and she looks at me with surprise. I...
Jane
Dec 30, 20182 min read


The Washing
29.12.18. Shabbat morning. Mum's holding the tub full of washing. What shall I do with this? She is tentative, confused. I am busy at my...
Jane
Dec 29, 20182 min read


A Kiss on the Head
25.12.18. I sit at my desk reading mum’s stories from Auschwitz, and about a lady called Yetka Salzberg. Her daughter Simone had asked me...
Jane
Dec 25, 20181 min read


Hema, Mum and Mali
19.12.18. I took mum Hema and Mali to our hut near Warburton. I picked them up from Chehan’s place and off we trotted. Mum was very...
Jane
Dec 19, 20181 min read


Mum goes to Respite and off I go
17.10.18. On my way to Israel. Haven’t been there for over a year and a half. I’m really looking forward to seeing and hanging out with...
Jane
Oct 17, 20181 min read


Mum, Sunny had a baby boy!
10.10.2018 On the 10th of October 2018, Sunny gave birth to a beautiful baby boy called Eitan. Even though they are so far apart, mum...
Jane
Oct 10, 20181 min read
Another Porridge Story
1.10.18. Mum’s really confused today. When I woke up she was nowhere in sight. I looked in all the rooms and then realised that she must...
Jane
Oct 1, 20181 min read
My Porridge?
Sept 2018. Mum points to the porridge. It’s mine? To add banana ? Yes. But it’s not mine, it’s your porridge. It’s yours. Now what shall...
Jane
Sep 1, 20181 min read
Breakfast no.1
11.8.18. Mum looks at me and points at the cooked porridge. Now porridge? It’s mine? she asks with a quizzical look. She stands there...
Jane
Aug 11, 20181 min read


Breakfast No.2
Aug 2018. Mum’s forgotten how to make her porridge. And her cup of tea. She stands there in front of her bowl of soaked porridge, staring...
Jane
Aug 1, 20183 min read
Yasha, do you lose your patience with Nana?
Late July 2018. I’m back home after 11 days at a Vipassana silent meditation retreat. I’m in the kitchen with mum again for breakfast....
Jane
Jul 21, 20182 min read
The Bathroom
7.7.18. A year later. Mum’s dementia is slowly getting worse. I constantly have to problem solve to get around the next difficulty. The...
Jane
Jul 7, 20181 min read