Thousands of miles away from you! Whenever I talk with her, my grandma, I can not keep my tears from dropping. She is my father's mother. In Vietnamese, we distinguish 2 pronouns for grandma:
- Ba noi: on the father's side
- Ba ngoai: on the mother's side
Grandma is one of the women I love the most in my life. Sometimes, I get the stupid idea of her death, and that breaks my heart into pieces. I want her to be immortal. If I could give her 10 years of life expectancy, I would immediately do without any hesitation.
My entire childhood was taken care by grandma. I did not close to my mom, iti is quite unusual, some people may think. Every night, I need my grandma to be beside so that I could go to sleep, otherwise, I spent all night crying. It is so ashamed.
The day I left Vietnam and came to the U.S, grandma took me to the airport. Promising to myself "do not cry, do not cry" and told everyone who cried will pay me some money for my future costly spending. Finally, my tears came out much more than anyone else.
In Persepolis, Marji is very close to her grandma. :)). The night before Marji flied to Austria, grandma came and slept with her.
I also have interest in my grandma's boobs. Touching them is one of the ways showing how much I love her. It is still very beautiful even she bore 7 children, 7 children, can you believe that?
Good girl: Grandma is very proud when I told her that I am qualified for Honors Program.
Bad girl: Of course, she is. She is always proud of you.
Good girl: Even though grandma has no idea what Honors is? Hihi, :))
Bad girl: Have you talked to her frequently?
Good girl: I have not. I am too busy with my study and my job also takes away all my free time.
Bad girl: You had better call her, she must miss you a lot.
Good girl: I bet she does. I miss her too, so freaking bad. By the way, you remind me a very emotional video I watched. It has the English lyrics so do not worry about understanding. I hope you enjoy it.
Mom's Diary
Lina! You make everything so fun to read, even when it's on a more serious subject! I know where you're coming from, it's hard when I talk to my grandma on the phone and I know that I can't see her because she's halfway across the world! I especially liked how you related it to Persepolis! Go girl! ;D
ReplyDeleteOh, you are also far away from your grandma. That is sad, huh? You know what, sometimes I am scared of talking to my grandma on the phone because I know I will cry. :((
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