My Mom is a Hero!

My Mom is a hero and I can prove it!

As a very young girl, she survived through the end of WWII while taking shrapmetal in her arm when German tanks tore through her town in war torn Poland. She helped her single mom through the tough times when my grandfather decided to start a new life in South Africa. She saw the value in education and studied to gain a Phd in Chemistry while caring for our dying father. Became a widow at 39, and never allowed my sister and me to feel like we lacked anything. She took us to England in 1974 so that we could learn English and have an opportunity others would not. For a year and a half she worked as a seamstress so we could pay for the one room the three of us lived in. In 1976 she applied for a job as a Chemist at the Woods Hole Oceanography Institution and got it! Then, took a leap of faith, left it all behind and took us to the US so that we may have a better life outside of Communist rule. She built a house, made it a home, and kept the doors open to anyone who wanted on needed to come in. She bought more homes (and made one bigger) so that her kids and grand kids will have ties to Cape Cod for years to come. When most moms her age sit in rocking chairs knitting sweaters, she skis with her grand kids or swims across the pond for exercise. My Mom is a hero not because she's she made a great life for herself, but because she has always worked hard so that others can have it better.

We love you, Mom! Happy Mother's Day!

Jarek and Kasia