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The Grandmother

It was my first time to meet the long lost sibling of my grandmother when I came to the US. I heard many bad things about her just before I met her. Strict, hard to handle,anti-Filipino are just some of the not so good things I hear from my relatives about her until I finally met her one day.

She seemed to be very calm, understanding, harmless the first time I laid my eyes on her. Little did I know that the saying "First impression lasts" is the total antipode of it.

When she moved from Texas to our place in Miami, All the good things I thought was in her turned into a nightmare. I began to understand the truth behind "you can never truly know a person unless you live with them".

The angel, I once saw in her transformed into something else.

She seem to hate the country where she is born, " the Philippines", She refuses to talk using our dialect because She said she had lived here in America for more than 20 years and that she forgot her native tongue.

She is too choosy with food.Fish is something she hates, not taking into consideration that her father was a fisherman,

She says something in a conversation wherein she is not included or has no knowledge about.

She keeps asking for assistance even if she can handle it herself  and keeps on complaining about everything. A self proclaimed PESSIMIST.

I feel pity on her because her son isn't taking good care of her but then again, helping someone, no matter how good your intentions are have its limitations. it is always nice to help someone but abusing the hand you give is out of the question.

I am good but I am not an angel.
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