I hate how I was not allowed to go to Russia alone just to talk to my grandmother for one last time, to try and understand her better, and now she's dying from a back injury. It's unfair. She's been always a mystery to me, and I wanted to understand why she behaved the way she did. She's one of the most misunderstood people I've ever known, and I was hoping that I could talk to her and make her feel better. Not on the phone, because she has hearing problems. Besides, there's so much more to face-to-face communication than just listening to each other's voice. On the phone, you run a risk of being misinterpreted. I f***ing hate my mother right now, she's always been so bitter towards my grandmother. She's an extremely shallow person, judging everyone and concerned about everyone's appearance more than about everything else. It sucks when the only people who fully understand the motives behind your actions are people who are not part of your family. I'm so sick of being ignored, especially when I want to reach out. I was genuinely hoping that my grandmother would be extremely happy to talk to me in person for one last time. I knew that something was going to happen to her because I kept having recurring dreams about her death for the past couple of months. I have nothing against Canada, but I feel like a shut-in in this country that still feels quite foreign to me, and always will...
Things like this just make you feel so powerless. I don't like feeling like a floater blown by the wind. I want to control the current, but as long as I'm under my parents' influence, I cannot do that. Once my grandmother dies, there is really no reason for me to go to Russia anymore. I wanted to go there for one last time, just to meet everyone and to see them from a new perspective that I've gained over the years. To take a trip down the memory lane with a renewed sense of self-confidence. And to compare the conditions of life there with my own. But I'm stuck here.
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Leading a double life and loving it (but exhausted).
Likely ADHD instead of what I've been diagnosed with before.