Janko Krotec

The intent of this blog is to tell my success story and to encourage the belief that anything is possible. All of us have what it takes; we just need to find it and then put our energies to better use. A cancer diagnosis is not a death sentence. It is [...]

It is most unusual for me to leave the difficult items to be last. My heart contains every possible emotion when it comes to my mama. Absolute devotion, amazement, incredulity, eternal love and undying affection, to just mention a few. This woman, Ana, gave me the precious gift of life [...]

My mother and all her babies

A Mother of Eight

Like a candle burning in the wind … that was always our mama. She never gave up, never quit, could never do enough in order to feed and cloth her brew. Homespun cloth started with seeding flax and hemp in [...]

How do I begin to address the memory of my mother? To ease into it I will break it down into three parts. Here is the first.

My mother and me

My Mother as a Woman

Ana Starešinič, my mama, was born on September 9. 1920 to a village midwife and a shoemaker [...]