1935-2026

Η γιαγιά μας, δυνατή γυναίκα, αρχηγός της οικογένειας.

Δυσκολέυομε να γράψω για την γιαγιά.

Όσο πιο πολύ σκεφτομαι, τοσο πιο πολυ συνειδητοποιώ πόσο δυνατή ηταν.

Δυνατός ανθρωπος, ναι.

Αλλα πραγματικά δυνατος.

She was so… powerful.

Rigid in some ways, resilient in others.

My Greek has deteriorated in the last years, especially since 2014 and now I just don’t know how to express myself fully here in Greek.

My grandmother, our grandmother – survived hardship, at home, early on, with our grandfather, later on. She had to rebuild from scratch, and build a life, of meaning.

She never let me forget she only ever owned to skirts. One, which she cut in half, so that she may have two…

I ll come back and write more…

This page is dedicated to my grandmother.