My grandmother surprised me today by messaging me on gchat. Until this moment our internet relationship had been limited to years of her sending me wildly neo-conservative email forwards and me responding to her, and sometimes everyone on her email chain, with appropriate links from Snopes.com. And she also surprised me by being so candid.
me: hello?
you don't know how to use this!
marlenechilds: well there you are what r u up to
I don't know how to use what
me: I'm in Ohio staying with my friend before heading to Canada
(Imarlenechilds: Ohio !!!! I didn't even know. U don't ever communicate anymore
r u ok? u seem so different
me: I seem different?
marlenechilds: is it because ure back in the states?
me: I don't know. I've felt different sometimes I guess ... I'm not sure what you see from your perspective though
marlenechilds: it's difficult to explain you seem like you don't really want to be back and I know it's hard to reacclimatize ?
to being home after your experiences?
to being home after your experiences?
marlenechilds: I used to feel like that after we would come from a trip to a foreign country
marlenechilds: and knowing no matter what lengthy stories I would share with my friends about the country or the people or how beautiful experiences that I would portray to them, they would never, ever feel the experience nor would they ever understand the sadness that I felt
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