Wednesday, January 19, 2022

Grandmother's Day Is January 21

Today is Dzień Babci in Poland -- Grandmother’s Day. Babcia is the Polish word for Grandma. In the US there are variants such as “busia.” Here is my Grandma Apolonia (Skrobot) Raczkiewicz in the late 1970’s, along with my mother and me.
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