

'When I Die' by Yehuda Amichai
Over the years Mum would sticky-tape little articles, wise words and poems on the walls of her study. When Celina and I packed up her...
Jane
Dec 8, 20221 min read


A Kind Man in a Car
2021 Mum was in a very good mood. She'd collected her favourite things and decided to go for a walk. But then got stuck. Lucky for us...
Jane
Dec 6, 20221 min read


To Sula with Love
4.12.22 Our dear Sula passed away over two and a half years ago, in April 2020. Yesterday was her consecration and I wrote a little...
Jane
Dec 5, 20223 min read


Little pieces of chicken and ketchup
7.11.22 I decided to record what I do most days. Mum's not eating much these days. But tiny bits of chicken smeared with lots of ketchup...
Jane
Nov 9, 20221 min read


‘The Little Children of Israel’.
1.8.2022 Mum has 6 great grandchildren, all of whom live in israel. Yasmin and Liad have 2 kids - Alma, nearly 9, and Yonatan, who was...
Jane
Nov 7, 20222 min read


'Life Goes On...'
Ronny, my ex, has always felt very close to mum and dad. In 2016, when dad was 95 and fading away, Ronny informed me that he wants to say...
Jane
Nov 7, 20221 min read


Sto lat, sto lat!
18.10.22 It’s the Jewish holiday, Simchat Torah, and it’s mum’s birthday. Even though she says she was born in 1924, the Lodz Ghetto...
Jane
Oct 18, 20222 min read


YOU eat!
18.10.22 It’s daylight saving and mum and I are sitting outside. Mum’s dinner has just been served and we’re fighting over the food. I’m...
Jane
Oct 18, 20222 min read


Home for Shabbat Lunch
August 2022 Mum’s agitated to say the least. I’ve climbed into her bed to keep an eye on her. She’s so restless, it’s the fourth or fifth...
Jane
Oct 3, 20222 min read


Full of the best things ever
7.3.22 I always send photos and videos of mum to my family in Israel. Yesterday Alma, my eight year old granddaughter, commented to her...
Jane
Oct 2, 20221 min read


Nap time in Ashwood
What a pleasure it is to nap with a friend in the winter afternoon sun filtering through the window, Marysia and Som Chai (Jane's life...
Jane
Sep 16, 20221 min read


Heart-me, head-me, and the me in-between.
27.2.22 It’s heart wrenching separating from mum. There are two me’s: the heart-me and the head-me. The heart-me aches to leave her...
Jane
Sep 12, 20223 min read


Mission Accomplished
14.7.22 I visit mum at the facility most days and often stay for long chunks of time. It’s the perfect place to hang out, almost like my...
Jane
Jul 15, 20224 min read


The Facility up the Road
12.6.22 I’m sitting in mum’s room on one of her two big cosy armchairs. ‘Mum’s room’ is no longer at my place. It’s at the facility...
Jane
Jun 13, 20223 min read
A Song for Jane
15.4.2021 Bee, Sisira, Yasha & Gil celebrate my birthday with a quirky skit. Gil is dressed up as me - unkempt, with beanie, glasses on...
Jane
Jun 5, 20221 min read


Mum, Me and Change
28.5.22 I’ve been writing this blog these past years, recording the ups and downs of mum living with me and my household. But I haven’t...
Jane
Jun 3, 20224 min read


It's called 'unconditional love'...
20.3.22 Agata di Masternak's second interview is with me. She is curious to find out what it was like to grow up with Holocaust survivors...
Jane
Mar 20, 20221 min read


An interview with Marysia Kohn. 'What kept you going?'
This interview with mum is part of the ID’44 (IDentity 1944) series by the artist Agata di Masternak , where she Interviews Holocaust...
Jane
Feb 27, 20221 min read


Magic Drawing Days
21.7.21 Mum always said she ‘painted with her eye’. What I think she meant was she didn’t have the talent to paint with her hands, but...
Jane
Feb 23, 20221 min read


Come quickly, mum’s fallen over.
4.2.22 We’ve had some drama these past few days. Thursday evening around midnight, while I was getting ready for bed, I heard mum...
Jane
Feb 8, 20222 min read