Grandma Oma's World

I have a large family in Serbia, too. My brother, sister, nephews and nieces, cousins and all their families still live there. Each time I return for a visit, it feels comforting to be welcomed by all. In addition it is very reassuring to find that most things are still the same. My brother still lives in the same house where my grandmother was born: the furniture, decorations and paintings are still in the same place as they were over 150 years ago. No one rearranged anything. Even the books in the bookcases are on the same shelves, some leaning sideways, some tucked behind others, and a set of outdated red encyclopedias in Hungarian  are taking up a whole shelf.  And my sister, too, still lives in the place where she lived in when I left the country in 1965. However, the nieces and nephews and all the other young relatives have their own places not far from their parents. So, here are some of my family members, but there is a lot more of them, I just need to get photos of ...

Tomorrow is my brother, Elemer's, 69th birthday. He lives in Futog, Serbia, and of course, I procrastinated long enough to send him a card. It would take at least one week for the card to get there, so instead of sending him a card, I decided to put it on my blog and make it a permanent birthday present. Elemer in Novi Sad The two of us in 1944. Aww..... Our mother holding Elemer, 1943 or 1944

While I was in Buffalo, NY, I visited my older sister and her family in Canada. Through her,  I am blessed with with an army of relatives - at least fifteen people including partners. She and her late husband, Sveta, immigrated in the 50's, and raised their family in various places in Canada to finally settled in Cornwall, Ontario. Although, my sister took care of me when I was a baby, I did not remember her. We reconnected again in 1966, when I came to USA. Since then, we have kept our sisterly contacts, visiting and calling one another whenever possible. My sister, Ildiko My nephew, Vuk and his friend Lucy My sister and her grand daughter, Adan St. Lawrence River, view from the deck View from the boat on St. Lawrence River