i never realized how difficult my family situation is to communicate until recently. a friend wanted to know more about the way i grew up and with whom, i guess i've always known it was hard to explain, but for the first time i'm realizing that its not normal. i also have been realizing that i share about my family chronologically, not in age but in who i lived with when or who was around at a particular time.
i share my life by geography and decades because there is very little cohesion between the "eras" of my life.
i was looking at pictures of my mom today, i'm trying to put together an album for my nephew of my mom's side of the family. i miss my mom, a lot. i was so relieved when she died, it was like a weight was lifted, i didn't have to watch her die anymore. but now i miss her. i wish i had known her, that i could ask her questions. she's never going to meet her grand children, she never met my brother's wife. she's never going to meet the man i marry. i'm just sad i never got to share life with her, i'm sad that i was still a sulking teenager when she died, i wish she could know the woman i am becoming. i think she'd be proud to be my mom.
5 comments:
Nifer, you are beautiful. Thanks for sharing your heart.
you are such a joy. your mom would be so proud of the woman you've become and are continuing to blossom into. i miss you, love!
nif, your heart is so beautiful. and i love how you share what's on it so honestly.
what's up nifs?
let us know how the photo album is coming.
i need your help on something.
when you were in amsterdam with laura, and you had to listen to her talk with me all the time, you used a specific phrase to describe us. do you remember what that was?
thanks girl.
you rock.
what's up nifs?
let us know how the photo album is coming.
i need your help on something.
when you were in amsterdam with laura, and you had to listen to her talk with me all the time, you used a specific phrase to describe us. do you remember what that was?
thanks girl.
you rock.
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