by Olga Brajnović | Dec 28, 2020 | challenges, Family, fiction
-Where is Daddy? Natty’s Mom looked at her big green eyes, trying to find the right words. -He had to go on a long trip, very far away. -But he always has been home for Christmas, and this year he missed it. -He sent you a card, remember? -I asked Santa to bring...
by Olga Brajnović | Dec 3, 2020 | challenges, Family, Memories, our life
He was one of the best persons I have met. Always in good spirits, willing to help, caring about everybody. He was my cousin. Because I was born in exile, I saw him for the first time when I was eight, and he was in his twenties and came to us from Zagreb to Pamplona...
by Olga Brajnović | Nov 24, 2020 | challenges, Family, Memories
The seal of the Orient Express. Photo by Dominik Scythe on Unsplash After twelve years apart, persecuted by communists, my parents finally managed to get together in Munich in 1956. My mom boarded the Orient Express in Zagreb, Croatia, then under communist Yugoslavia,...
by Olga Brajnović | Nov 10, 2020 | challenges, Family, fiction
We are often alone. Our children looked for a new life in the big city. They got married, and we have ten grandchildren. The youngest is just ten months old. But he was born in the middle of this pandemic, so we haven’t had the chance to see him, because in our...
by Olga Brajnović | Oct 22, 2020 | Family, Love, Memories
My mom had a stroke and spent four years paralysed. I spent much time with her, trying to alleviate her suffering. It was exhausting and wonderful at the same time because we became very close to each other and complicit in many things. She could move the right side...
by Olga Brajnović | Oct 16, 2020 | challenges, Family
So strange! All my body was sweating, despite I was in the open air, sailing with my dad on a beautiful bay. The small boat swayed in the waves. All around us, it was blue. I wanted to talk with dad. But he was busy with the sail and securing the lines. The air was...
