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She Ain't Heavy, She's My Mother

Mum decided to move into my home in 2017, a year after Dad passed away. She was in her early 90s with the first signs of dementia. Instead of feeling burdened, I saw this move as a gift — an opportunity to care for her and share these years together.

These posts capture that precious time: mum living in my ‘share home’ with family members, housemates and guests, supported, appreciated and surrounded by love. The stories also offer a glimpse into the daily joys and challenges of caring for a loved one.

'All about Marysia' also includes stories from her earlier life -- pre-war, the war, and post war years.

Today mum is over a century old.

Gloria Gaynor walks out the door

I often wondered whether Gloria Gaynor ever saw my video Dancing Auschwitz, and if so, how she felt about it. Did she mind that I used her song, I Will Survive, a short film where my father, my children, my niece, and I danced 'to life', to my father's survival, on the grounds of Auschwitz? I had no idea how she felt about Jews, or if her heart went out to Israel. When I uploaded my video in 2010, it went viral, and then was quickly taken down by Youtube due to a copyright c

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Sep 26, 20252 min read

The Dancing Queen

Silent disco in the city Mum has always been the Dancing Queen. She told me that ever since she was a young girl, back in the 1920s, she loved to dance. Her father, a charmer, a good singer and dancer, would return home from an evening at a local tea room with a slice of creamy chocolate karpatka cake for her. Hearing him arrive, she would jump out of bed, and together they’d dance around the room. And she has loved dancing ever since. Then came the war. In 1939 everything ch

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Sep 20, 20252 min read

Alive with wonder

31.8.25 This is footage from the time Mum got lost — and I panicked. But more than anything, it’s a glimpse into her essence: her love for the beauty, peace, and simplicity that surround her. We were staying in the hut. I thought Mum was outside in the garden, but when I went to call her, she was nowhere in sight. So I started searching — running down the road, to the right, to the left. I was scared a car might have hit her. I finally ran down the path that leads to the riv

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Jane

Aug 31, 20251 min read