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Comments offI just realized that I am also capable of holding a grudge. Do you know how I realized it? Whenever I talk about my mom’s aunt, I get so angry! I just couldn’t get over the belittling they all did to my mom and us when I was younger. I haven’t forgotten all those begging my mom did to her to help me get a US visa. She worked for a company that could easily help me secure one. But she would always tell my mom that it’s wasn’t easy and that I still had a long way to go. Instead of giving her hope, she would constantly crush it! Of course she doesn’t have any obligations toward us. My mom just looked up to her and idolized her so much. She could have given her a little bit of hope especially since she knew how tough life was for us back then, with all those financial setbacks that we had. But no, she couldn’t do that. She was the high and mighty in their clan!
We all knew that she wanted to be the only one who would lord over us. The only one in my maternal side of the family to be well off, living in abundance. She didn’t want any of us to be financially better than her family.
I could still remember vividly that one phone call. My mom was begging her to help me out. I was in between jobs then and we were really down and out. My mom was begging and she was berating her over the phone! I can never forgive her for that one, making my mom beg and then crushing her only hope!
I thought I wasn’t capable of carrying a grudge. I thought I was over that period in our lives. But when I remember my mom begging her…
